1. Cats Kill Between 1.3 and 4 Billion Birds Annually
Estimating exactly how many birds are killed by cats is difficult. Many studies have tried, and not all of them are based on rigorous scientific estimation.
Particular cats kill more birds than others, so it doesn’t make sense to multiply the number of cats by an average “bird kill rate” and call it a day.
One of the newest studies to be published estimates the kill rate to be around 1.3 to 4 billion birds. They used a systematic method for calculating this rate, taking different feline predatory rates into account.
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