This post reminds us that given half a chance, nature can recover . I almost didn't read it because of all the lists of extinctions that people just recopy and post.
The eagles returned to my area much sooner than expected once we stopped poisoning them. So can the finches, sparrows, and others, in spite of cats and windmills.
They probably can't survive Big Ag and Big Oil, but honestly, I not sure we can survive those either.
"The Smithsonian study relies on an extremely small sample size (just 69 birds) in a very limited radius (three sites within mere miles of each other). Opponents of Trap-Neuter-Return have already latched onto this study to clamor for cats indoorsa concept that, it is worth noting, is a death sentence for countless feral cats but they are mishandling the data and misleading the public.
It is absurd to think that a minor study conducted on a single species of bird in a small area of suburban Maryland could accurately be used to characterize the relationship between cats and birds in landscapes all over America."
The cat numbers are an absurd extrapolation based on studying one small group of feral cats in Wisconsin. Nobody has any idea about the numbers of birds that die from predation from a variety of predators. The numbers are all fabricated. Instead of making stuff up, stick with some real facts, which is essentially that their habitat has and continues to be destroyed by humans.
This post reminds us that given half a chance, nature can recover . I almost didn't read it because of all the lists of extinctions that people just recopy and post.
The eagles returned to my area much sooner than expected once we stopped poisoning them. So can the finches, sparrows, and others, in spite of cats and windmills.
They probably can't survive Big Ag and Big Oil, but honestly, I not sure we can survive those either.
Breaks my heart.
Great story
From Alley Cat allies:
"The Smithsonian study relies on an extremely small sample size (just 69 birds) in a very limited radius (three sites within mere miles of each other). Opponents of Trap-Neuter-Return have already latched onto this study to clamor for cats indoorsa concept that, it is worth noting, is a death sentence for countless feral cats but they are mishandling the data and misleading the public.
It is absurd to think that a minor study conducted on a single species of bird in a small area of suburban Maryland could accurately be used to characterize the relationship between cats and birds in landscapes all over America."
The cat numbers are an absurd extrapolation based on studying one small group of feral cats in Wisconsin. Nobody has any idea about the numbers of birds that die from predation from a variety of predators. The numbers are all fabricated. Instead of making stuff up, stick with some real facts, which is essentially that their habitat has and continues to be destroyed by humans.