Although some cat owners still let their pets roam free, the felines are a leading cause of bird mortality, and bird and cat proponents agree that both species are safer if cats are reined in.

Although some cat owners still let their pets roam free, the felines are a leading cause of bird mortality, and bird and cat proponents agree that both species are safer if cats are reined in. The ...

(gentle music) Giving birds plenty of time to figure out what to do with their useless arms, most birds. Cats are thought to only be 10 million years old, but they are very sneaky and could be older.

Cats are hunters, but most cat owners want to know how to stop cats killing birds because we’re not so keen on the gifts the bring us, especially if they’re bringing them in the house.

Some countries have tackled the problem head-on, but not without public outcry. Municipalities in Iceland have banned cats from being out at night, when they are particularly successful at taking ...

Todd said: "Sometimes cats will catch, kill, and eat birds." Cats are small predators and if left to their own devices, they're able to catch their own food, mainly mice.

The most devastating source of bird mortality is cat predation. Cats kill 2.4 billion birds each year in the United States. That is twice the mortality of the other eight mortality sources combined.

Bird flu has been in the news a lot in recent weeks with cats in the Pacific Northwest falling ill and in some cases sadly being euthanized. The outbreak began back in March 2024 in dairy cattle ...

Whatever is reducing bird populations, it is not appropriate to blame it all on cats and call for their extermination. If cats were going to de-bird the world, it would have happened a long time ago.

In 2004, a laboratory study revealed that cats infected with an earlier version of H5N1 were capable of shedding the virus and infecting other cats. And in 2016, a different bird flu virus, known ...