"kaijutegu:  fantasticbeastsandhowtokeepthem:  wildlife-rehabilitator:  hotcommunist:  withgoldenfire:  hotcommunist:  findchaos:  wildlife-rehabilitator:  Some of you may have seen my reply to a post and the ask I received about outdoor cats, so here is a little infographic about outdoor cats.  Don't let your cats outside.Don't let your cats outside.Don't let your cast outside. No exceptions. Nope, I don't care if Muffles is super-special and adventurous. Nope, still don't care that it's different where you live. Please refer to the original bullet points.  (*gets ready to hit 'Block' on a thousand angry cat owners*)  this is a mess  have you gobshites genuinely never fucking heard of farm cats jesus wept, if i never see another fucking townie animal rights activist it'll be too fucking soon.  the current political system we live under doesn't give a fuck about nature. wildlife charities have had a huge downward swoop in donations due to the recession caused by the powers that be, fracking is being done on national parks and nature reserves, roads are hastily built through wildlife rich areas and adequate warning signage is not provided… but no, it's us ordinary people and our pesky outdoor cats that are the cause of…extinct….species…? really? is this the hill u want to die on OP??? get back 2 me   I'm not refuting that humans kill far more animals than cats do, but over a billion animals are killed annually in the US by outdoor cats. That's also a huge problem. I'm also aware that wildlife rescue organizations are losing donations - I'm the vice president and co-founder of a 501©(3) non-profit organization and not only do we scrape by on small donations while dozens of animals come in a month, many of which are injured by cats. We just had to euthanize a yearling squirrel because it was mauled by a cat and had full hind-end paralysis from the attack. Believe me, I understand. ""An estimated 60 to 88 million cats are owned in the US and an estimated 60 million more are feral… While loss of habitat is the primary cause of extinction, cats are responsible for the extinction of 33 species of birds worldwide. Cats kill an estimated 480 million birds per year (assuming eight birds killed per feral cat per year.)"" That is a grossly conservative number, and only accounts for feral cats, not outdoor pets. And that's just birds. Plus the other wildlife that are killed by cats annually. Here's another resource, a smaller scale research program called Kitty Cams: ""Hunting cats captured an average of 2 items during seven days of roaming. Carolina anoles (small lizards) were the most common prey species followed by Woodland Voles (small mammals). Only one of the vertebrates captured was a non-native species (a House Mouse)."" From the same group: ""44% of cats were witnessed stalking or chasing prey; 30% captured wildlife.""   An article from Mental Floss, sources listed at the bottom of the article:    ""84 million House cats in the United States 4 to 18 Birds killed by a typical house cat every year 8 to 21 Small mammals killed by a typical house cat every year 30 million to 80 million Free-roaming, feral cats estimated to be living in the United States. They either survive alone or live in colonies. In Washington, D.C., for example, there are estimated to be some 300 outdoor cat colonies. 23 to 46 Birds killed by each feral cat every year 129 to 338 Small mammals killed by each feral cat every year 1.4 billion to 3.7 billion Total birds killed by America's cats every year 15 Percentage of all bird deaths estimated to come at the hands — er, paws — of cats 6.9 billion to 20.7 billion Total small mammals killed by cats every year"" From a report on ABC News: ""Cats are responsible for the deaths of 1.4 to 3.7 billion birds and 6.9 to 20.7 billion mammals every year, according to research conducted by the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.""   From the American Bird Conservancy: ""If we extrapolate the results of this study across the country and include feral cats, we find that cats are likely killing more than 4 billion animals per year, including at least 500 million birds.""     (Also you're putting your cat in unnecessary danger from tons of different threats by letting them outside unsupervised. So even if you don't wanna give a shit about wildlife, maybe try giving a shit about your cat's health  life.) (Also farm cats are often not treated well, not provided with proper veterinary care, and there are other options for rodent control that doesn't put other wildlife in as much danger)  also consider: this is 100% something that you, as an individual, can do to mitigate some of the natural disaster that is the anthropocene. We're on track to lose something like 80% of global biodiversity by the end of the century, and there's almost nothing that your average citizen can do about it. But keeping your cats inside to help preserve local biodiversity and mitigating the damage that ferals do is actually something that you can do.  : . Outdoor cats face danger  from cars, disease, predators  and cruel humans  Domestic cats DO NOT  belong outdoors as they're  not a natural part of our  ecosystem. They're a  genetically modified species  & a non-native, invasive  predator  Cats kill up to 3.7 billion birds  20.7 billion mammals,  800 million lizards and 300  million frogs every year.  . Domestic pets like dogs  & ferrets & even exotic pets  like snakes & lizards do not  roam free & hunt outside.  Why should cats?  A 2011 study indicates  that cats have caused the  extinction of 33 species of  birds, mammals and reptiles kaijutegu:  fantasticbeastsandhowtokeepthem:  wildlife-rehabilitator:  hotcommunist:  withgoldenfire:  hotcommunist:  findchaos:  wildlife-rehabilitator:  Some of you may have seen my reply to a post and the ask I received about outdoor cats, so here is a little infographic about outdoor cats.  Don't let your cats outside.Don't let your cats outside.Don't let your cast outside. No exceptions. Nope, I don't care if Muffles is super-special and adventurous. Nope, still don't care that it's different where you live. Please refer to the original bullet points.  (*gets ready to hit 'Block' on a thousand angry cat owners*)  this is a mess  have you gobshites genuinely never fucking heard of farm cats jesus wept, if i never see another fucking townie animal rights activist it'll be too fucking soon.  the current political system we live under doesn't give a fuck about nature. wildlife charities have had a huge downward swoop in donations due to the recession caused by the powers that be, fracking is being done on national parks and nature reserves, roads are hastily built through wildlife rich areas and adequate warning signage is not provided… but no, it's us ordinary people and our pesky outdoor cats that are the cause of…extinct….species…? really? is this the hill u want to die on OP??? get back 2 me   I'm not refuting that humans kill far more animals than cats do, but over a billion animals are killed annually in the US by outdoor cats. That's also a huge problem. I'm also aware that wildlife rescue organizations are losing donations - I'm the vice president and co-founder of a 501©(3) non-profit organization and not only do we scrape by on small donations while dozens of animals come in a month, many of which are injured by cats. We just had to euthanize a yearling squirrel because it was mauled by a cat and had full hind-end paralysis from the attack. Believe me, I understand. ""An estimated 60 to 88 million cats are owned in the US and an estimated 60 million more are feral… While loss of habitat is the primary cause of extinction, cats are responsible for the extinction of 33 species of birds worldwide. Cats kill an estimated 480 million birds per year (assuming eight birds killed per feral cat per year.)"" That is a grossly conservative number, and only accounts for feral cats, not outdoor pets. And that's just birds. Plus the other wildlife that are killed by cats annually. Here's another resource, a smaller scale research program called Kitty Cams: ""Hunting cats captured an average of 2 items during seven days of roaming. Carolina anoles (small lizards) were the most common prey species followed by Woodland Voles (small mammals). Only one of the vertebrates captured was a non-native species (a House Mouse)."" From the same group: ""44% of cats were witnessed stalking or chasing prey; 30% captured wildlife.""   An article from Mental Floss, sources listed at the bottom of the article:    ""84 million House cats in the United States 4 to 18 Birds killed by a typical house cat every year 8 to 21 Small mammals killed by a typical house cat every year 30 million to 80 million Free-roaming, feral cats estimated to be living in the United States. They either survive alone or live in colonies. In Washington, D.C., for example, there are estimated to be some 300 outdoor cat colonies. 23 to 46 Birds killed by each feral cat every year 129 to 338 Small mammals killed by each feral cat every year 1.4 billion to 3.7 billion Total birds killed by America's cats every year 15 Percentage of all bird deaths estimated to come at the hands — er, paws — of cats 6.9 billion to 20.7 billion Total small mammals killed by cats every year"" From a report on ABC News: ""Cats are responsible for the deaths of 1.4 to 3.7 billion birds and 6.9 to 20.7 billion mammals every year, according to research conducted by the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.""   From the American Bird Conservancy: ""If we extrapolate the results of this study across the country and include feral cats, we find that cats are likely killing more than 4 billion animals per year, including at least 500 million birds.""     (Also you're putting your cat in unnecessary danger from tons of different threats by letting them outside unsupervised. So even if you don't wanna give a shit about wildlife, maybe try giving a shit about your cat's health  life.) (Also farm cats are often not treated well, not provided with proper veterinary care, and there are other options for rodent control that doesn't put other wildlife in as much danger)  also consider: this is 100% something that you, as an individual, can do to mitigate some of the natural disaster that is the anthropocene. We're on track to lose something like 80% of global biodiversity by the end of the century, and there's almost nothing that your average citizen can do about it. But keeping your cats inside to help preserve local biodiversity and mitigating the damage that ferals do is actually something that you can do."
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