Outdoor cats available for hire, but some animal lovers say cats are annihilating birds
Some call roaming felines âworking, blue-collar cats.â Bird lovers call them killers. Bird scientists say outdoor and feral cat populations have exploded, killing hundreds of millions of birds annually, wiping out some bird species and jeopardizing others. The cats are enabled by well-intentioned people, birders say, including those who have created city and rural âworking catâ programs that have increased around the country over the past few years. âTheyâve started to spread,â ornithologist Peter Marra said of blue-collar cat initiatives. âWhat they ar...
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