• Lizardking27@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    "The magnitude of mortality they cause in mainland areas remains speculative, with large-scale estimates based on non-systematic analyses and little consideration of scientific data. Here we conduct a systematic review and quantitatively estimate mortality caused by cats in the United States. We estimate that free-ranging domestic cats kill 1.3–4.0 billion birds and 6.3–22.3 billion mammals annually. Un-owned cats, as opposed to owned pets, cause the majority of this mortality."

    Maybe don’t believe every sensationalized social media article that’s really just a barely disguised cat litter ad.

    “The science is pretty firm” lmao