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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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7. Washington Post article onthe same topic
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 08:41 PM
Sep 2019
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/09/19/north-america-has-lost-billion-birds-years/?wpisrc=al_news__alert-hse--alert-national&wpmk=1

Several reasons are given in this article.

Earlier research has documented several threats that could be responsible for the large-scale bird decline. Agriculture and habitat loss are thought to be the primary drivers, with other factors such as light pollution (which disorients birds), buildings (which they crash into) and roaming cats (which kill them) amounting to “death by a thousand cuts,” Rosenberg said.

Per the last one there's a whole colony of feral cats near my house. If people are going to keep pets they should neuter them.

It's the responsible thing to do.
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