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““The final mortality numbers showed that cats killed between 1.3 and 4 billion (median 2.4 billion) birds per year, with unowned cats causing the majority of the mortality (69 percent).””

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“Certain bird species—herons, terns and ibises, for example—mesmerized Roosevelt. As president he insisted that killing one of these Florida exotics was a federal crime.”5”

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“many leaders would rather postpone action—take a wait-and-see attitude—than proactively work toward a solution.”

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“Cats are opportunistic predators by nature. If given a chance to kill a bird or other small animal, most cats will take it. That…

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“By the time Lyall set foot on the shores of Stephens Island, almost a third of New Zealand’s unique species were already extinct due…

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“At the same time, they will also express great concern about the future that awaits us should this at once powerful and fragile web…

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“As in the United States, this makes cats the most significant source of direct anthropogenic bird mortality.”

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“The truth is that trap-neuter-return makes people—not cats and certainly not wildlife—feel better.”

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“The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith but by verification. —Thomas Huxley”

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“As with some examples we have shown earlier, these very vocal advocates seem to overlook the “genocide” of native animals perpetrated by introduced predators…

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“If current trends are not reversed, it is expected that at least one of New Zealand’s five kiwi species will go extinct within the…

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“The cat, an introduced animal, is not needed here outside of buildings. It has disturbed the biological balance and has become a destructive force…

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