Cats have been introduced to an estimated 10,000 (5 percent) of Earth’s islands. Felix Medina’s meta-analysis of the feline impact on island biodiversity concluded cats have caused a population decline, reduction in geographic distribution, or extinctions of 175 species of reptiles, birds, and mammals.
https://www.islandconservation.org/cat-wars-devastating-consequences-cuddly-killer/
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Thanks for this! Such a great issue. I'll put it on my reading list :)
I wish it was as simple a solution as "education". However, as with many things, the emotional brain often refuses the science. I have a neighbor who does TNR is the neighborhood, just a few miles from our National Park (Cabrillo). It drives me insane. We now have 5 ferals in the park. I do wild life rehab and have pre-release aviaries in my yard. Despite an array of booby traps, I get neighborhood and feral cats visits every night and loose birds to midnight panics every year.
Here is another great report from Reveal News of TNR and conservation:
https://www.revealnews.org/article/who-let-the-cats-out/
https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/money/2018/11/26/vermont-made-colorful-cat-collar-gives-birds-fighting-chance/2071615002/
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