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29 de ene. de 2013 · Nature Communications - Free-ranging domestic cats cause wildlife extinctions on islands, but their impact on wildlife in mainland areas is unclear. This study presents an estimate of...
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4 de feb. de 2020 · This analysis is timely because scientific evidence has grown rapidly over the past 15 years and now clearly documents cats’ large-scale negative impacts on wildlife (see Section 2.2 below). Notwithstanding this growing awareness of their negative impact on wildlife, domestic cats continue to inhabit a place that is, at best, on ...
The National Feline Research Council examines past and present estimates of the impact of outdoor cats on birds and wildlife, including predation, indirect fear effects, and risk of disease transmission (specifically Toxoplasma gondii). Evidence shows the risks are limited to very specific contexts.
12 de mar. de 2020 · CNN —. When your house cat trots outside for a neighborhood stroll, it doesn’t end well for birds, bunnies, squirrels and other wildlife. And now, thanks to a new study, we know how much ...
19 de feb. de 2015 · In Europe, Africa, and Asia, populations of wild cats are threatened by hybridization with, as the four authors of this study in the Iberian Peninsula put it, “anthropogenically mediated dispersion of free-ranging domestic cats.” What’s at stake is the genetic uniqueness of the wild cats.
21 de sept. de 2017 · Feeding strays only exacerbates the problem of free-ranging cats killing wildlife. In the big picture, it’s bad for cats too. Stray cats live short, brutish lives and feeding them helps ensure that the stray population perpetuates itself and that more cats suffer from disease, starvation, and death from cars, dogs and wild predators.
Cats have contributed to the extinction of 63 species of birds, mammals, and reptiles in the wild and continue to adversely impact a wide variety of other species, including those at risk of extinction, such as Piping Plover.
