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Cats Kill Billions of Birds a Year

And even more mammals: study

By Liam Carnahan,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 30, 2013 8:56 AM CST

(Newser) – Forget the adorable YouTube videos—cats are cold-blooded killers, or so says a new study that attempted to quantify the toll felines take on birds and other wildlife. NPR has the numbers: Of the estimated 84 million pet cats owned by Americans, researchers determined as...   Read full story »

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endangered species • environment • environmentalism • birds • cat • feline • dead birds

 
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