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Predation is nature’s disease control, including for Tweety & Sylvester

March 16, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Too few cats around bird feeders means pine siskins die by thousands          SACRAMENTO, California––When are free-roaming cats watching a bird feeder the birds’ best friend? When infectious disease is at large among common bird feeder species,  spreading rapidly from bird to bird in the absence of predators to kill and consume the sick and […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Birds, Cats, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Feral cats, Shelters, Spay/neuter, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Becky Robinson, Edward Howe Forbush, Krysta Rogers, Louise Holton, Merritt Clifton, Pablo Beldomenico, Phil Arkow

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