{"id":28032,"date":"2023-05-15T13:30:48","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T11:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/?p=1948"},"modified":"2023-05-15T14:35:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T12:35:48","slug":"how-can-i-stop-my-cat-hunting-wildlife","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/rss_feed\/how-can-i-stop-my-cat-hunting-wildlife\/","title":{"rendered":"How can I stop my cat hunting wildlife?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are different ways to limit the kill rate of your cat. A recent figure from the Mammal Society estimates that cats in the UK catch up to 27 millions birds each year, and 275 million prey items overall per year. <\/p>

By Jo Price\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 15 May 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Conservationists have different opinions as to whether domestic, non-feral cats are a cause of population decline for wild animals.<\/p>\n

Some argue that with many wildlife species in decline, every effort should be made to reduce any factors that could contribute to their decline, including predation from non-native mammals such as domestic cats.<\/p>\n

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For feral, domestic cats, there is evidence that in certain locations, they can devastate populations of species. In Australia at Mandurah\u2019s bird sanctuary, one feral cat drove off a colony of fairy terns after killing 6 adults and 40 chicks. The remaining birds abandoned the sanctuary.<\/p>\n

In the Turks and Caicos Islands, a UK Overseas Territory, conservationists are working to remove invasive species including rodents and feral cats from Iguana Island to create an invasive-predator-free habitat for the endemic Critically Endangered rock iguanas.<\/p>\n

A study published in the Journal of Environmental Law<\/em> in November 2019<\/a> examined whether allowing domestic cats to roam freely outdoors is in contravention of the European Union Birds and Habitats Directives (Nature Directives).<\/p>\n