Biologists Respond to ‘Science
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Biologists Respond to ‘Science Denialism’ Regarding Outdoor Cat Control:
zoologicallyobsessed:
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zoologicallyobsessed:
According to researchers, coordinated critics have mounted a “misinformation campaign designed to purposefully fabricate doubt regarding the harmful impacts of outdoor cats and stymie policies that would remove outdoor cats from the landscape.”
The conflict stems from a groundbreaking study published in 2013 by scientists from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. That study evaluated the combined impact of the tens of millions of outdoor cats in the United States. The authors found that roaming outdoor cats kill approximately 2.4 billion birds every year and are the leading source of direct, human-caused mortality to birds in the country. Similar results have since been confirmed in Canada and Australia.
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To those of you still in denial about how bad outdoor cats are to wildlife not just in your own countries but globally here’s the cold hard scientific facts stating that you are apart of a movement of uneducated critics spreading misinformation.
Here’s the link to the open-source scientific artificial as well:
Responding to misinformation and criticisms regarding United States cat predation estimates (2018). Loss S, Will T, Longcore T, Marra P. Biological Invasions; 20(12): 3385-2296
I hate that the implication here is that having an indoor cat is perfectly fine - you are essentially keeping a wild animal prisoner in your house with nothing to do purely for your entertainment.
If you’re willing to put in the effort to take your cat outside on a lead or similar then that’s not so bad but I see far far too many cats in tiny flats who will never get to see the outside world - if that’s you, why do you have a cat at all.
No having an indoor cat is fine, they’re not a “prisoner” and they certainly aren’t wild animals???? Cats are literally domesticated, they are meant to be kept inside, while you can walk them / make your backyard escape proof for them, it isn’t a requirement that they go outside and it isn’t cruel as long as you’re providing them with stimulation and enough places to climb.
No one is keeping their cats indoors “purely for their entertainment” people keep cats indoors because they’re pets, and being outside is unsafe, there’s risk of diseases, being attacked by other animals or humans, transmitting diseases to other humans and predation on wildlife.
Keep your cats indoor, your pets will thank you for it.
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Biologists Respond to ‘Science Denialism’ Regarding Outdoor Cat Control:
zoologicallyobsessed:
ziixing:
zoologicallyobsessed:
According to researchers, coordinated critics have mounted a “misinformation campaign designed to purposefully fabricate doubt regarding the harmful impacts of outdoor cats and stymie policies that would remove outdoor cats from the landscape.”
The conflict stems from a groundbreaking study published in 2013 by scientists from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. That study evaluated the combined impact of the tens of millions of outdoor cats in the United States. The authors found that roaming outdoor cats kill approximately 2.4 billion birds every year and are the leading source of direct, human-caused mortality to birds in the country. Similar results have since been confirmed in Canada and Australia.
READ MORE
To those of you still in denial about how bad outdoor cats are to wildlife not just in your own countries but globally here’s the cold hard scientific facts stating that you are apart of a movement of uneducated critics spreading misinformation.
Here’s the link to the open-source scientific artificial as well:
Responding to misinformation and criticisms regarding United States cat predation estimates (2018). Loss S, Will T, Longcore T, Marra P. Biological Invasions; 20(12): 3385-2296
I hate that the implication here is that having an indoor cat is perfectly fine - you are essentially keeping a wild animal prisoner in your house with nothing to do purely for your entertainment.
If you’re willing to put in the effort to take your cat outside on a lead or similar then that’s not so bad but I see far far too many cats in tiny flats who will never get to see the outside world - if that’s you, why do you have a cat at all.
No having an indoor cat is fine, they’re not a “prisoner” and they certainly aren’t wild animals???? Cats are literally domesticated, they are meant to be kept inside, while you can walk them / make your backyard escape proof for them, it isn’t a requirement that they go outside and it isn’t cruel as long as you’re providing them with stimulation and enough places to climb.
No one is keeping their cats indoors “purely for their entertainment” people keep cats indoors because they’re pets, and being outside is unsafe, there’s risk of diseases, being attacked by other animals or humans, transmitting diseases to other humans and predation on wildlife.
Keep your cats indoor, your pets will thank you for it.
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