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[-] qqq@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

You shared a Wikipedia link with sources[1] (and also numerous sections and assertions in the Wikipedia article itself) showing that cats generally impact wildlife populations but came to the conclusion that they don't. Am I missing something here? Is it because you're specifically focusing on birds?

[1] https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2656.13745

5 CONCLUSIONS

Free-roaming domestic cats affect wildlife through predation, disease, hybridization, and indirect fear and competition effects. Our review highlights biases and gaps in the global literature on these impacts, including a focus on oceanic islands, Australia, Europe and North America, and on rural areas, predation, impacts of unowned cats, and impacts at population and species levels. Key research advances needed to better understand cat impacts include more studies in underrepresented regions (Africa, Asia, South America), on impacts other than predation, and on management methods designed to reduce impacts. This review also supports past studies in illustrating that cats negatively affect wildlife populations and communities in most cases in which these potential impacts were evaluated

[-] Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 days ago

Yes, specifically focusing on birds. That is the focus I usually see when cat hunting comes up online.

It makes sense small animals that can't fly would be easier prey - and therefore more likely to be impacted by predation - but I guess only birds are cute or something.

this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2025
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