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--0015174c335cb9126504d470b3b5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'd argue this issue is an elephant in the room for most Canadians as well. I have not yet read this, but passing it along for those interested. Cheers, James. *The impact of free-ranging domestic cats* *on wildlife of the United States* Open access to the article: http://www.abcbirds.org/abcprograms/policy/cats/pdf/Loss_et_al_2013.pdf here is the abstract: "Anthropogenic threats, such as collisions with man-made structures, vehicles, poisoning and predation by domestic pets, combine to kill billions of wildlife annually. Free-ranging domestic cats have been introduced globally and have contributed to multiple wildlife extinctions on islands. The magnitude of mortality they cause in mainland areas remains speculative, with large-scale estimates based on non-systematic analyses and little consideration of scienti=EF=AC=81c data. Here we conduct a systematic review and quantitatively estimate mortality caused by cats in the United States. We estimate that free-ranging domestic cats kill 1.4=E2=80=933.7 billion birds and 6.9=E2=80=9320.7 billion mammals annually. Un-owned cats, as opposed to= owned pets, cause the majority of this mortality. Our =EF=AC=81ndings suggest that free-ranging c= ats cause substantially greater wildlife mortality than previously thought and are likely the single greatest source of anthropogenic mortality for US birds and mammals. Scienti=EF=AC=81cally sou= nd conservation and policy intervention is needed to reduce this impact." --=20 James Churchill Kentville, Nova Scotia Email: jameslchurchill@gmail.com Phone (h): (902) 681-2374 --0015174c335cb9126504d470b3b5 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div style><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:ari= al,verdana,sans-serif">I'd argue this issue is an elephant in the room = for most Canadians as well.</span></div><div style><span style=3D"color:rgb= (0,0,0);font-family:arial,verdana,sans-serif">I have not yet read this, but= passing it along for those interested.</span></div> <div style><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,verdana,sans-s= erif">Cheers,=C2=A0</span></div><div style><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);= font-family:arial,verdana,sans-serif">James.=C2=A0</span></div><div><span s= tyle=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,verdana,sans-serif;font-size:20p= x;font-weight:bold"><br> </span></div><div><b><font size=3D"4">The impact of free-ranging domestic c= ats</font></b></div><div><b><font size=3D"4">on wildlife of the United Stat= es</font></b></div><div><br></div><div style>Open access to the article:=C2= =A0</div> <div><a href=3D"http://www.abcbirds.org/abcprograms/policy/cats/pdf/Loss_et= _al_2013.pdf">http://www.abcbirds.org/abcprograms/policy/cats/pdf/Loss_et_a= l_2013.pdf</a><br></div><div><br></div><div style>here is the abstract:</di= v> <div><br></div><div><div>"Anthropogenic threats, such as collisions wi= th man-made structures, vehicles, poisoning and</div><div>predation by dome= stic pets, combine to kill billions of wildlife annually. Free-ranging dome= stic</div> <div>cats have been introduced globally and have contributed to multiple wi= ldlife extinctions on</div><div>islands. The magnitude of mortality they ca= use in mainland areas remains speculative, with</div><div>large-scale estim= ates based on non-systematic analyses and little consideration of scienti= =EF=AC=81c</div> <div>data. Here we conduct a systematic review and quantitatively estimate = mortality caused by</div><div>cats in the United States. We estimate that f= ree-ranging domestic cats kill 1.4=E2=80=933.7 billion birds</div><div>and = 6.9=E2=80=9320.7 billion mammals annually. Un-owned cats, as opposed to own= ed pets, cause the</div> <div>majority of this mortality. Our =EF=AC=81ndings suggest that free-rang= ing cats cause substantially</div><div>greater wildlife mortality than prev= iously thought and are likely the single greatest source of</div><div>anthr= opogenic mortality for US birds and mammals. Scienti=EF=AC=81cally sound co= nservation and</div> <div>policy intervention is needed to reduce this impact."</div></div>= <div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir= =3D"ltr">James Churchill<br>Kentville, Nova Scotia<br>Email: <a href=3D"mai= lto:jameslchurchill@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">jameslchurchill@gmail.com<= /a><br> Phone (h): (902) 681-2374<br><br><br><br></div> </div> --0015174c335cb9126504d470b3b5--
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