Cats kill 1 million Australian birds a day, study shows

Number ‘staggering’, researchers say – and likely to be driving the decline of threatened native speciesMore than 1 million native Australian birds are killed across the country by cats every day, new research shows.The study, published in the journal Biological Conversation, estimates feral cats kill 316 million birds a year, while pet cats kill 61 million birds annually. More than 99% are native.Continue reading...