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Cats Kill Billions
« on: January 30, 2013, 02:20:35 PM »
Cats Kill Billions of Animals a Year
Jan 29, 2013 12:00 PM ET // by Tia Ghose, LiveScience





Cats kill billions of birds every year and even more tiny rodents and other mammals in the United States, a new study finds.

According to the research, published today (Jan. 29) in the journal Nature Communications, cats kill between 1.4 billion and 3.7 billion birds and between 6.9 billion and 20.7 billion small mammals, such as meadow voles and chipmunks.

Though it's hard to know exactly how many birds live in the United States, the staggering number of bird deaths may account for as much as 15 percent of the total bird population, said study co-author Pete Marra, an animal ecologist with the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute.

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Re: Cats Kill Billions
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2013, 02:22:52 PM »
heartbreaking.  giunsa kaha niya pag-research...

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Re: Cats Kill Billions
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2013, 02:23:23 PM »
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Marra and his colleagues are looking at human-related causes for bird and wildlife deaths in the country, from windmills and glass windows to pesticides.

But first, Marra and his team looked at the impact of the feline population, one of the biggest putative causes of bird demise in the country.

While past studies had used critter cams or owner reports to estimate the number of birds killed by cats, those studies were usually small and not applicable to the entire country, Marra told LiveScience.

For this broader analysis, the team first looked at all prior studies on bird deaths and estimated that around 84 million owned-cats live in the country, many of which are allowed outdoors.

"A lot of these cats may go outside and go to 10 different houses, but they go back to their house and cuddle up on Mr. Smith's lap at night," Marra said.

Based on an analysis of past studies, the researchers estimated that each of those felines killed between four and 18 birds a year, and between eight and 21 small mammals per year. -- http://news.discovery.com/


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Re: Cats Kill Billions
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2013, 02:24:06 PM »
heartbreaking.  giunsa kaha niya pag-research...

Heartbreaking. Kaluoy nimo, na-guilty tawon... :'(

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