1399 Patrick Moore: Polar bears have increased 400% in 45 yrs. Whales are nearly fully recovered. Extinctions are down 90% past century (IUCN). Koalas doing fine. If we could ban wind turbines we could save 85,000 birds of prey/yr in US alone. (twitter.com) posted 1 year ago by Xanthippa 1 year ago by Xanthippa +1399 / -0 46 comments share 46 comments share save hide report block hide child comments Comments (46) sorted by: top new old worst You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread. ▲ 4 ▼ – deleted 4 points 1 year ago +6 / -2 ▲ 6 ▼ – Paul_Revere 6 points 1 year ago +6 / -0 I think the domestic house cat ALONE kills 5 BILLION birds a year to put it into perspective. Would love to see a non-biased study proving it. permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 1 ▼ – philandy 1 point 1 year ago +2 / -1 From 2010, so a little old: http://extensionpubs.unl.edu/publication/9000016367320/feral-cats-and-their-management/ permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 3 ▼ – kono_hito_wa 3 points 1 year ago +3 / -0 > Cats kill an estimated 480 million birds per year (assuming eight birds killed per feral cat per year) From your link. That's US numbers with 60 million feral cats. permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 3 ▼ – Meddlesom 3 points 1 year ago +3 / -0 Obama gave wind farms a 25 year exemption on fines for killing endangered species. The democrats always find ways to get inconvenient stories buried. permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 3 ▼ – MikeVicksAstrologist 3 points 1 year ago +3 / -0 Its almost like they want to take away any thought to existance at all. I wonder if leftists ever think about how miserable that dystopian police state they opine for world would be. permalink parent save report block reply ▲ -1 ▼ – deleted -1 points 1 year ago +3 / -4
I think the domestic house cat ALONE kills 5 BILLION birds a year to put it into perspective.
Would love to see a non-biased study proving it.
From 2010, so a little old: http://extensionpubs.unl.edu/publication/9000016367320/feral-cats-and-their-management/
> Cats kill an estimated 480 million birds per year (assuming eight birds killed per feral cat per year)
From your link. That's US numbers with 60 million feral cats.
Obama gave wind farms a 25 year exemption on fines for killing endangered species. The democrats always find ways to get inconvenient stories buried.
Its almost like they want to take away any thought to existance at all.
I wonder if leftists ever think about how miserable that dystopian police state they opine for world would be.