Syracuse.com - New study finds outdoor cats kill billions of birds and small mammals annually

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"The carnage that outdoor cats inflict is staggering and can no longer be ignored or dismissed,"according to Dr. George Fenwick, president of American Bird Conservancy.

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<p>"A new peer-reviewed study published today and authored by scientists from two of the world's leading science and wildlife organizations - the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) - has found that bird and mammal mortality caused by outdoor cats is much higher than has been widely reported," according to a story published this week on The Birding Wire Website.</p>

<p>According to Dr. George Fenwick, President of American Bird Conservancy: "The very high credibility of this study should finally put to rest the misguided notions that outdoor cats represent some harmless, new component to the natural environment. The carnage that outdoor cats inflict is staggering and can no longer be ignored or dismissed. This is a wake-up call for cat owners and communities to get serious about this problem before even more ecological damage occurs," the website reported.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.birdingwire.com/releases/278900/">Read the full story.</a></p>

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