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Meanwhile, cat ownership has doubled over roughly the same period [25] and, unlike in the U.S., the majority of U.K cat owners (74–87%) allow their cats to go outdoors regularly [26,27]. The purported claim of a “negative impact” is therefore difficult to reconcile in light of the empirical evidence — nevertheless, other studies have repeated the assertion [28–30], leading to ...
Aug 15, 2024 · The ballot initiative also makes poor economic sense, according to a new study published Monday, because a big cat hunting ban would cost Colorado around $61.65 million in lost economic revenue. The report comes from the Common Sense Institute , which calls itself a “non-partisan research organization dedicated to the protection and promotion of Colorado’s economy.”
Feb 4, 2020 · Many more cats roam the United States, and their aggregate predation tally runs into the billions, with an estimated 1.3–4.0 billion birds, 6.3–22.3 billion mammals, 258–822 million reptiles and 95–299 million amphibians killed by free-ranging domestic cats each year (Loss et al., 2013).
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Dec 30, 2021 · An estimated 60 million unowned cats roam the United States, along with another 60 to 88 million owned cats. A 2013 study determined that free-ranging cats account for 1.3 to 4 billion bird deaths and 6.3 to 22.3 billion mammal deaths every year.
Dec 3, 2022 · "Kays et al. (2020) identified that the impact of pet cats is actually 4-10 times greater than native predators, due in part to the incredibly high density of cats. Across the United States ...
A 2013 study by Scott R. Loss and colleagues from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service identified free-ranging domestic cats as the leading human-caused threat to birds and small mammals in the United States. The study estimated that cats kill between 1.3 and 3.7 billion birds and between 6.3 and ...
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Dec 15, 2020 · In response to the actual and perceived impacts of cats upon wild prey populations, various management approaches have been adopted to control cat populations and hunting behaviour: lethal control methods, non-lethal control methods that tend to stabilise densities but rarely reduce them, and devices, deterrents and restrictions that use inhibition and access restrictions with the aim of ...
