Cats kill 1 million Australian birds a day, study shows
by Australian Associated Press from Environment | The Guardian on (#341MB)
Number 'staggering', researchers say - and likely to be driving the decline of threatened native species
More than 1 million native Australian birds are killed across the country by cats every day, new research shows.
The study, published in the journal Biological Conversation, estimates feral cats kill 316 million birds a year, while pet cats kill 61 million birds annually. More than 99% are native.
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