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According to researchers, coordinated critics have mounted a “misinformation campaign designed to purposefully fabricate doubt regarding the harmful impacts of outdoor cats and stymie policies that would remove outdoor cats from the landscape.”

The conflict stems from a groundbreaking study published in 2013 by scientists from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. That study evaluated the combined impact of the tens of millions of outdoor cats in the United States. The authors found that roaming outdoor cats kill approximately 2.4 billion birds every year and are the leading source of direct, human-caused mortality to birds in the country. Similar results have since been confirmed in Canada and Australia.

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To those of you still in denial about how bad outdoor cats are to wildlife not just in your own countries but globally here’s the cold hard scientific facts stating that you are apart of a movement of uneducated critics spreading misinformation. 

Here’s the link to the open-source scientific artificial as well:

Responding to misinformation and criticisms regarding United States cat predation estimates (2018). Loss S, Will T, Longcore T, Marra P. Biological Invasions; 20(12): 3385-2296

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31 December 2018

Last day of the year, and we hiked 4.5 miles at Gales Creek. Saw a couple cars parked near the trailhead so Ivan stayed on his long line the whole time, but we never saw anyone on the trail. We got a late start but it was a beautiful day today, cold but sunny.

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my drunken, dickhead self found a golf ball and thought it would be a good idea to play fetch. Thank god all of Henry’s teeth survived

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Demon playing in the park

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Problem #71

dog: *is minorly nervous, shaking a little but otherwise fine*

customer: OH YEAH YOU LNOW WHY HE DOES THAT HE’S A RESCUE HIS OLD FAMILY MADE HIM WORK IN THE COAL MINES FOR YEARS UNPAID, HE WAS FORCED TO SING SHOWTUNES AND DANCE ON AN ELECTRIFIED FLOOR AND GOT SHOCKED IF HE STOPPED!!11 WE’RE PRETTY SURE THEy WQTERBOARDED HIM TOO BECAUSE ONCE HE BARKED AT ME WHILE I WAS HOLDING A GLASS OF WATER!!!!!!

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A sort of homecoming

#the deep PNW #where I'm from #the old country #Dargo #malinois

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A repeated offering

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It’s always a hole in one when you have a puppy to help. 13/10  great job

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It is so easy to make this dog happy. Paper bag= best gift ever given to anyone in the history of ever.

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Sibling Love

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#dogs #malinois #? #lol

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Dargo vs driftwood

#dogs #malinois #pnw #whereI'm from #Salish sea #Dargo

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I took my lad home to see the old country.

#Dargo #Malinois #home #travel #PNW #pining for the fjords #salish sea

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establish dominance over your dog by explaining capitalism

#reblogs

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when puppies get to dog age just put ‘em in the trash

#just give em to me #that's when they get good #puppies are cute #and so much fun #but a grown ass dog is the best

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Look at him go!!

#reblogs #malinois #not Dargo

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