buildings more than cats kill millions of birds daily

[Kflowers]

Why are people trapping and killing cats instead of doing what can be done to actually protect the majority of birds? I suppose, as with pesticides and climate change, it's easier to go after the ones who can't fight back than the true cause of the problem.

Birds killed in collisions with buildings is a problem. Fixes exist. - CSMonitor.com

 

[di and bob]

So do those huge wind generators. So do power lines. There can be fixes for these too that make them more visible, but no one wants to spend the money.

 

[Kflowers]

You're going to see large numbers of birds killed due to Avian flu. Remember that for a lot of those birds, the ones owned by farmers, death came from culling the flocks in an attempt to stop the flu. For wild birds death came from the flu. I know of no attempt to cull wild flocks but would be interested if anyone has heard of that.

Avian flu this year results in record bird kills; raising consumer prices for eggs and poultry | Food Safety News

 

[goingpostal]

I'm confused, you seem angry about buildings killing birds while sharing an article that's literally about the ways and efforts people and architects are enacting to prevent them. But you are against removing cats, another bird killer? There's no reason it needs to be one or the other, many things will need to change if we want to stop preventable wildlife deaths. Cats don't only kill birds either, they are destructive to many species and the environment in general. If I throw some trash on the ground, it's not anywhere near what the giant polluters of the world are creating, but it doesn't make it ok for me either, to share an analogy.

 

[Kflowers]

I posted because people perfer to focus on cats, who usually kill the sick and dying birds rather than healthy ones, than on the problem with buildings. As you said, it is possible to consider both problems and as well as chasing down cats, do more about the buildings. And as di and bob said use some of the solutions for things, we have that are harming birds to stop the harm rather than going, ah, yes, but that would cost a bit, so no. Look! a cat chasing a mouse! it might chase a bird!

To be clear, I'm posting about buildings because they are ignored as a problem for birds. People are too easily distracted by the idea of cats killing birds because they can go after individual cats and get rid of them (that's what happens in most shelters to strays and ferals). People do this because it is easier and cheaper to go after cats than make changes in buildings and pesticide use. Cats can't fight back the way corporations can. What I'm saying is if people really want to help birds and have real courage to do so, they will go after the things that kill more healthy birds than any cat ever could.

Just a note - cats are a natural part of our environment, unless you are in Australia. Cats are in Australia because humans brought them there without their permission or desire. That makes humans demonizing cats in Australia, well, not nice.

 

[Furballsmom]

Cats don't only kill birds either, they are destructive to many species and the environment in general.

You've completely lost me here. Destructive how?

Cats kill mice and rats. The bird thing is a secondary option for them, is basically a manufactured means of gaining press time for certain people, and is surely an incredibly l-o-n-g way from the mice that chew on nesting birds (petrels, albatrosses) and basically eat them alive on various islands, or those dang boas in the Everglades, et al for flatout destruction of endangered ecosystems.