Comment on The First Cat WarparentComments−permo-w2ydo you have any evidence for this "dirty little secret"?−Cthulhu_2yhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_in_insect_populationsBirds and larger mammals that eat insects can be directly affected by the decline.Yeah yeah Wikipedia is not a source or evidence but it's a good enough starting point.Pollution, global warming, ecosystem destruction, etc is causing bug population collapse which is at the basis of the food chain, including birds.Cats may be part of the problem, but they are not /the/ problem. Compare also with the claims that windmills cause bird deaths (https://climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/do-wind-turbines-kill-birds).See also https://theconversation.com/dont-blame-cats-for-destroying-w...
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do you have any evidence for this "dirty little secret"?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_in_insect_populations
Yeah yeah Wikipedia is not a source or evidence but it's a good enough starting point.
Pollution, global warming, ecosystem destruction, etc is causing bug population collapse which is at the basis of the food chain, including birds.
Cats may be part of the problem, but they are not /the/ problem. Compare also with the claims that windmills cause bird deaths (https://climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/do-wind-turbines-kill-birds).
See also https://theconversation.com/dont-blame-cats-for-destroying-w...