• DaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    Cats. Cats are BY FAR the biggest killer of wild birds.

    I love cats,and dont advocate getting rid of them. We also shouldnt get rid of high-rises, or wind turbines. Find ways to make them all safer for birds, and encourage birds to procreate more.

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    11 months ago

    High rises aren’t really a problem either. I’d wager that agricultural and pest control practices, automobile traffic, and urban sprawl each individually kill orders of magnitude more birds.

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      11 months ago

      By far the biggest killer of birds are cats that people let out of their homes. They kill for fun and they kill so, so many. People really need to stop letting their cats out.

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          11 months ago

          Depends on where you live, some countries sterilize wild cats which makes a huge dent in the wild cat population.

          Up to the point where organizations are importing cats from different countries.

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      11 months ago

      My high rise flats are a problem for that one dumb pigeon that must have been distracted qy some girl pigeons tits or something because it flew straight into the side and died. None of the otheg pigeons have ever done that they may already be in commited relationships

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      11 months ago

      Hmm if only there were something other than a massive tower that caused environmental issues and a single family home 🤔