[birdky] FW: New Report Documents Multi-State Review of Feral Cat Impacts on Birds

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From: Neotropical migratory birds in southeastern United States
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New Report Documents First Ever Multi-State
Review of Feral Cat Impacts on Birds 
 
American Bird Conservancy (ABC) has published a new report, Impacts of
Feral and Free-ranging Cats on Bird Species of Conservation Concern: A
Five-State Review of New York, New Jersey, Florida, California, and
Hawaii, which, for the first time, analyzes the effects that cats are
having on some of America's most at-risk bird species at cat predation
hotspots. The five-state review <http://www.abcbirds.org/cats/NFWF.pdf>
illuminates troubling threats to endangered species such as the Florida
Scrub-Jay, Piping Plover, and Hawaiian Petrel, and other key birds such
as the Painted Bunting, Least Tern, and Black Rail. 
The report highlights the growing trend of so-called "managed" feral cat
colonies that use Trap/Neuter/Release (TNR) techniques, and their
effects on birds, particularly at State and Globally Important Bird
Areas. The evidence is clear: free-roaming cats are bad for birds. The
report draws other important conclusions, perhaps most significantly
that state and federal resources for controlling feral cats must be
significantly increased in order to achieve the goals identified in
Endangered Species Recovery Plans and State Comprehensive Wildlife
Conservation Strategies. 
The report is available for download in pdf format from the Cats
Indoors! section of ABC's Web site <http://www.abcbirds.org/cats> ,
along with a host of other educational tools such as brochures, fact
sheets, posters, a teacher's guide, print and radio public service
announcements, and more. These materials are designed to be used in
efforts by the public to educate neighbors, friends, clients, and others
that cats and wildlife are safer when cats are kept indoors, and that
humane, permanent removal of cats is needed to protect our native
wildlife. 
State and federal wildlife agencies, conservation and animal welfare
groups, veterinarian associations, wildlife rehabilitators and thousands
of individuals have supported ABC's Cats Indoors! Campaign since it's
inception in 1997. The report was made possible through a generous grant
from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. 
For more information on the report or the Cats Indoors! Campaign, please
contact Linda Winter <mailto:lwinter@xxxxxxxxxxxx> , Director of ABC's
Cats Indoors! the campaign for safer birds and cats, at 202-234-7181,
ext. 201.
 
Photos: Florida Scrub Jay (right) and Western Snowy Plover (left), Laura
Erickson

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