The Cat Lovers Thread
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Kitty, the stray who lives in the grounds of the apartment building.
SuicideBlonde
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Chryssie
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Screamer and Fifty's sister, Lil Mama, was a very small cat. She looked like a kitten even full grown. I have a picture somewhere of the three of them. Maybe I will try to find it!
One of my cats was like that (she died last year) but she looked like a kitten at around 13 years old. Very cute.
Lol...I wasn't sure if they were his real ears or if it was some kind of hat lol
Kitty-baby girl, where she usually sleeps during the mornings.
I used to have cats that were indoor-outdoor. Now, if I have a cat, it's indoor only. Cats kill birds, and it's important for cat lovers to keep indoor-only cats. See this for how many birds cats kill.
Domestic cats in the United States are estimated to kill between 1.3 billion and 4.0 billion birds annually, with feral and unowned cats responsible for the majority of these deaths. This predation is considered the leading human-caused threat to bird populations in North America, surpassing other factors like window collisions and vehicle strikes.
Domestic cats in the United States are estimated to kill between 1.3 billion and 4.0 billion birds annually, with feral and unowned cats responsible for the majority of these deaths. This predation is considered the leading human-caused threat to bird populations in North America, surpassing other factors like window collisions and vehicle strikes.
- In the United States alone, outdoor cats kill approximately 2.4 billion birds each year, according to multiple studies including those by the American Bird Conservancy and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute.
- A comprehensive 2013 study by the Smithsonian Institution and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimated that cats kill between 1.3 and 3.7 billion birds annually in the U.S., with unowned cats accounting for about two-thirds of the total bird deaths.
- The range of estimates varies, with some studies suggesting a lower bound of 1.4 billion birds and an upper bound of 4.0 billion, depending on the methodology and population data used.
- In Canada, a 2013 study estimated that pet cats kill between 100 million and 350 million birds annually.
- Globally, cats are responsible for the deaths of billions of birds and mammals, with one study indicating that free-ranging felines kill between 1.4 and 3.7 billion birds and 6.9 to 20.7 billion mammals each year worldwide.
- The impact is especially severe on islands, where cats have contributed to the decline or extinction of 63 bird species.
