Camera records feral cats attacking endangered Hawaiian birds
- Thread starter Wailua Boy
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It might be true that not all invasives are horrible but feral felines being the topic of this discussion certainly are horrible.It's one thing for cats to hunt quail and other ground dwelling animals on the mainland out in the country somewhere but it seems like a totally different ballgame on the confines of an island lol....once those animals are all gone,that's it.
As for rhe farm kid who's tabby was taken out,he would just have to accept that as a part of life and conservation.I have always been told that children who grow up living on farms see animals being born and killed all the time so if that is true then it shouldn't be too hard to grasp what is going on.
Here's hoping that they can eventually decimate those ferals without the animal rights loons being too much of an obstacle.
"...Our findings suggest that free-ranging cats cause substantially greater wildlife mortality than previously thought and are likely the single greatest source of anthropogenic mortality for US birds and mammals. Scientifically sound conservation and policy intervention is needed to reduce this impact."
"...We estimate that free-ranging domestic cats kill 1.3–4.0 billion birds and 6.3–22.3 billion mammals annually[in the USA]... "
80 million feral cats in the USA. that's 1 for every 4 people. That's more feral cats than cats kept as pets. They aren't domesticated animals. When little Fluffy runs away, it doesn't always die. It becomes a killing machine. Felines are particularly savage, they kill more than they eat, they do it out of reflex, then bring you their slaughter as a sign of affection.
Study is here if anyone wants to check it out https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms2380
"...We estimate that free-ranging domestic cats kill 1.3–4.0 billion birds and 6.3–22.3 billion mammals annually[in the USA]... "
80 million feral cats in the USA. that's 1 for every 4 people. That's more feral cats than cats kept as pets. They aren't domesticated animals. When little Fluffy runs away, it doesn't always die. It becomes a killing machine. Felines are particularly savage, they kill more than they eat, they do it out of reflex, then bring you their slaughter as a sign of affection.
Study is here if anyone wants to check it out https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms2380
I'm sorry guys but you guys are focusing on something different and blaming feral cats for something they are limited to now. Why are they limited in the first place? Yeah because its freaking "people" who are limiting animal habitats therefore augmenting these issues to arise in the first place. If you want to sit there in front of your comp/phone and blame cats (feral or not) for doing what they are naturally wired to do.. then you guys are not aware of the entire situation. I wonder how these cats even ended up there in the first place... chicken or the egg? I always blame people first than animals that cant even say a word..
It's not hypocritical for any of us to suggest getting rid of feral cats as the damage they do is real.I'm an animal lover and all but I realize and the appreciate the ugliness of the situation of native animals being wiped out by an invasive and what must be done about it.It does not take a rocket scientist to know that humans are behind the problem and knowing that has no bearing on dealing with the problem.
