Cats Might Be One of the Most Invasive Species
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- Non-native species, like cats and honeybees, can either become naturalized, as a part of the ecosystem, or invasive and disrupt the ecosystem.
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Wild cats are awful predators in Australia and should be culled. Not being anticat - they simply shouldn't be there.
Enjoy the rabbit and mouse problems.
@@jeanniesmith3356NYC has many cats and still has a rat problem
@@ivanvalentin3898 Well, farm cats must be better than city cats at getting ride of mice and rats
@@jeanniesmith3356well, enjoy being delusional. if you cared enough about your cats you'd know keeping them inside is not only better for the environment, but also to the cats themselves
@@i9ok8u79 My cats stay inside. You can have mice inside of houses. I think pet owners should be responsible and spay/neuter their cats. Too many people do not do that thou and just kick them out of the house. They just reproduce that way.
How about… if you have pet cats spay them and keep them indoors. You may think they’ll be sad, but they will live healthier longer lives. “Feral” or homeless cats should be trapped neutered and returned. If done right, in addition to spaying all owned cats, outdoor populations will decline. Sadly, this has proven very difficult, and it is NOT the cats’ fault.
My cats go outside daily and the birds that are out at that time all alert each other instantly and then come back when the cats leave. They've never killed a single bird and the feral cats only come around at night.
@@ChrisG1392 idk it all birds can do that. There used to be birds all over my neighborhood but in 4 years both the birds and other small animals are all gone due to all the cats that have moved here.
How bout just kill them they're worthless & so you are you for liking them & sharing this stupid idea. I was so happy to see these guys using cats as shark & marlin bait.
Nah. Just wipe them out. I don't hear you talking about rats the same way you talk about cats.
@@AxisChurchDevotee birds will “disappear” during the breeding season when they become more secretive. Usually they come back during the winter when they are less alert and looking for food. Birds also learn to avoid areas that they know cats visit regularly. Personally birds where I live seem to doing better with cats about. The cats are controlling all the non-native squirrels and rats which would be destroying all the birds nest. Just last year I saw an invasive eastern gray squirrel devouring a nest of Eurasian blackbirds whilst the adults looked helpless. The biggest threats I’ve seen are diseases like trichomonosis which has killed all the green finches and avian influenza as well as people killing all the insects that many native birds feed on
Spay or neuter your cat and keep it indoors
Feral/Outdoor Cats have an edge on both native predators and even other invasive predators because they are pets. People feed them, so the cats can establish greater population densities than they otherwise would. And because they are cute, people hate to limit or even manage their populations. This is even more frustrating because cats were bred to kill small animals, even when not hungry. Many birds, reptiles, amphibians, and other small mammals are threatened (along with the other living things that depend on them in the web of life) because they are losing a popularity contest.
If you have an outdoor cat please keep it inside. Beyond the problems it causes for wildlife, It's safer from parasites, illnesses, catnappers, and cars. AND it doesn't breed with a stray and contribute to the overabundance of feral cats without homes.
Little news that you seem to ignore. Cats, house kats, etc rarely catch a bird. The majority of their diet consists of insects and an occasional mouse. There are some Cats that are exceptionally good in hunting but generally speaking, they are about 3 % of the species. Taking flawed data from a study done in England is not to bright. So you know now!
And cats are not bred to do anything. It's natural because they are not domesticated fully and never will be. They hunt because that's what they do. You have to practice and know what you are talking about instead of re- narrative of someone else's flawed work.
You forget they keep the rodent population down. Dogs kill animals unnecessarily also, but again it is only cat-hating that rears its ugly head.
@@hellwithit Cats are domesticated, which is what most scientists thought, and from 1500 to 2022, 902 species are extinct, and cats caused 63, invasive species were the no.2 reason for Biodiversity decrease.
@@hellwithit exactly cats aren't bred to do anything so ridding the world of their worthless lives should be seen as a contribution to society. Cats kill animals, insects & reptiles etc that are more vital to our ecosystems.
Enjoyed the video but felt more like a teaser trailer
Feels more like a lazy joke.
The ivy my neighbor planted asked you to hold it's beer. Seriously. It's taken over my entire yard, is wiping out all my grass, is trying to kill my trees, and is beginning to spread to other yards. Also, I have two cats, but can't say anything bad about them due to the parasites they implanted in my brain that now control me.
Lucky its not bamboo.
@@bngr_bngr - That's in their back yard - and after they planted it, six or seven stalks did crop up in my yard across the fence - and as people have written about bamboo - It's no joke. It does grow fast. That growth was taller than me.
However, knock on wood, the bamboo was easy to pull out and didn't return (knock on wood). I kind of wish I had moved the plants rather than pulling them out. The ivy is much more insidious in this scenario.
@@RobVespa I love bamboo but in pots. My neighbors had ivy grow as thick as a tree. It was crazy. She had a gardener but for some reason she never let him work on her back yard. I had some grow over the side fence. I just cut it each time I worked on the yard. Some bamboo can be extremely aggressive. Another invasive plant is agave. They spread like bamboo. But they are easier to pull out.
Maybe the cats can pee on it to kill it...
@@bngr_bngr - Oh, the same neighbor also planted bamboo. Over a (very) brief period of time, I had about six shoots taller than me in my yard. Knock on wood, luckily, they haven't returned. My Aunt, on the other hand, well, her yard was taken over by her neighbor's bamboo - and it cost her A LOT of money to remove them... and the court didn't side with her (which I don't understand) when she wanted her neighbor to pay for the removal.
at some point in the last decade, they came to an educated guess that its around 2 billion birds killed per year. Thats just the birds. They totally destroy rabbit populations. Lots of people defending them, and I have owned them on and off myself, primarily indoor. Not only do they do all that damage, but they still kill just as often even when kept well fed with other food. They do kill for sport after all. So do dogs, but they are just nowhere near as effective at it, nor are they ever given the free pass that cats get. I admit I loved my female cats when i had a large stone home, which always let in a few bats a month in warm seasons. Instead of spending twenty minutes or more fighting to kill or get one outside so you can go back to sleep, instead you just get it into any area you can close a female cat into, and in less than a minute, you had a dead bat.
There are 100M cats and 10B birds in america. We get it, you hate cats. And you probably dont feed the birds. I feed the birds and see a ton of them.
@@ChrisG1392 I love people online who read words in print, about something totally unimportant in general, and decide that a total stranger "hates" something. Its such a childish habit, but its fine since millions of other do so all the time as well. I don't hate cats, I own one at this time who is a runt who I love. I keep her mostly indoors. She has likely, even as a runt, killed things I am unaware of. None of that changes a single F$%@%@ thing that I said. What you hate seems to be not jumping to stupid conclusions. But I forgive you, because again, I have zero emotional attachment to words I type for strangers to read upon my screen. I do so out of boredom, during hours when most of the world around me is asleep.
@@ChrisG1392 by the way, I also don't feed wild elk either, doesn't mean I'd like to see us take lions and spread them around north america to kill all of them for us.
@FEED YOUR HEAD 🧠🐇 invasive species were the no.2 reason for Biodiversity decrease, we can not ignore them because it is cats, and Rattus exulans are the same as most often invasive species, but I never saw people protecting them.
I don't know. Australia has a rabbit and mouse problem.
Lmao the comment section is an absolute war, look. I own 3 cats and don't let them outside for the sake of their well-being, the outside is dangerous, cars, predators, animal abusers, diseases everything!, yeah sure it's kinda sad to see them (and pretty much any animal that is classified as invasive) getting culled in some parts but remember that it's good for the enviroment. So your best thing to do is easy; keep your pets indoors, spay and neuter the pet, and DON'T let them roam outside. It stills sickens me that there are still people who cluelessly let their pets outside unsupervised, it's like a toddler going outside with no parents watching it. If the cat or any pet wants to go outside because it's bored then make them happy inside, play with them, spend time with them. Overall invasive species should never be villainized, because it's not their fault that they're invasive, they didn't come to an area by themselves.
What I find funny is that let's say I have a hunting dog and I don't take it out hunting, nobody would care. Yet they'd get onto me for not allowing a cat to freely roam outdoors.
Fear mongering sh*t.
@@cammytheangora2008 It's ignorance and hypocrisy.
My cat has never killed a bird. Hes an inside cat, and i only let him kill the mice each spring when i move to my remote cabin.
Clickbait. Only a small part is cats.
I have a way of handling our neighborhood feral/wild cat problem… it’s called a pellet gun and my neighbors have no problem with it.
Well you're a great person who lives around great ppl not like these cat loving queers
@scamlikely5284 what if I told you owning cats promotes gay behavior because of the parasites cats carry
The most invasive and dangerous animal is human.
Totaly
Well said
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A virus. Well, Mr Anderson! My name is Neo! 😂
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Keep your kitty inside.
"Might be"
Species. Broca's area, or the Broca area is a region in the frontal lobe of the dominant hemisphere, usually the left, of the brain with functions linked to speech production.
What about humans
Not all human were bad so
spay and get neutered or something like that :v
Humans can be educated and do good if they want to but cats cannot be educated to care for the ecosystem or to stop hunting wildlife
@@Dasple All humans are bad if they're reciting bs narratives.....
@@bebebonb0n For humans, yes.
Good. Now I have a legitimate reason to wipe out the roaming neighborhood cats.
Yikes
Too bad we didn't have great laws like they do in Australia, you would be paid for getting the vermin out of the ecosystem.
Lol
On the islands and in Australia cats are an invasive species and should be removed, but on the mainland, the situation is complicated and I think they can be part of the urban ecosystem, keep calm and don't be biased by the media
There are many cats in Eurasia and North America, and there are also many animals with similar hunting patterns and ecological niches to stray cats. For hunted animals, there is little difference between stray cats and other animals with similar ecological niches. Therefore, in Eurasia and North America, stray cats are more competitive with animals with similar ecological niches, rather than affecting the hunted animal population. The whole ecosystem is still stable, as long as humans don't overcare and discard cats in large numbers, nature will balance everything out, what do you think
We have like no birds in my neighborhood anymore and that's because of all the feral cats. Multiple people on different streets in my neighborhood feed them and even have little cat hotels in their front yards with bowls for food and water. By doing this it encourages these animals to stay and harm our native wildlife populations. I'm an animal lover through and through, but we can't live in a bubble of denial.
Do you feed the birds? I have 6 bird feeders and no cats. My cats also dont bother the birds. Dont complain while you do nothing. Feral cats didn't wipe out your local bird population they have no food or water so moved elsewhere.
I feed the birds around here, mostly black capped chickadees. They make their nests in our trees and even our Christmas wreath one year. It’s bigger birds that rob their nests. We have feral cats because IMO people leave their cats behind when they move. I feed them, too. I think if they have a stable source of food they won’t go after the birds. At least I hope. Cats weren’t bred to hunt; it’s their natural instinct. The squirrels came and ate my flower bulbs. Now I won’t have flowers for the bees because the squirrels come around because the feral (dumped) cats are fed and they don’t go after them. So now what? Every living thing on this earth has a right to be here.
The reason there are very few birds in my neighbourhood is that there are hardly any trees and shrubs left. People prefer paving their gardens and keep just a few plants in pots.
I have a lot of birds where I live. It is out in the country where there is a forest. Maybe city life isn't for all birds.
I have a flock of chickens. There are cats that sit and wait by my chickens food to chase off whatever rodent, particularly squirrels, that tries and takes some for themselves. These cats do not hunt my chickens. They protect them. Cats are a lot smarter than people think.
They should get Spade and Neutered!!! If you have a cat, get it fixed.
The only good cat is a dead one.
Get yourself fixed or be quiet.
#204👍🤔🤷We are the ones that control this stuff. My cat ate anything it could catch.
Just put your cat outside so anything that can catch it can eat it or so it can be run over by a car or tortured by some psycho kids idc how they die just that they die.
There's no more or less invasive. Something is invasive or it isn't.
Many invasive specimens came on the Mayflower.
If that were true, NYC could just use cats to rid itself of it's rat infestation. There are tons of cats in NYC, and yet still a major rat issue. And pigeons as well.
Pigeons are cool. There are many cats in NYC and we still have a rat and mouse problem. There are 3 cats in my yard and still here rats at night
Because cities provide the perfect environment for rats to hide from cats and breed. My cats kill tons of rats each year, I only see the occasional small one scurrying among bushes. Haven’t seen many non-native eastern grey squirrels in awhile either fortunately
On the islands and in Australia cats are an invasive species and should be removed, but on the mainland, the situation is complicated and I think they can be part of the urban ecosystem, keep calm and don't be biased by the media
There are many cats in Eurasia and North America, and there are also many animals with similar hunting patterns and ecological niches to stray cats. For hunted animals, there is little difference between stray cats and other animals with similar ecological niches. Therefore, in Eurasia and North America, stray cats are more competitive with animals with similar ecological niches, rather than affecting the hunted animal population. The whole ecosystem is still stable, as long as humans don't overcare and discard cats in large numbers, nature will balance everything out, what do you think
Not all feral cat situations are the same. In places lacking a native cat species or something like it, major damage can occur. Cats domesticated themselves in the first place by protecting our grain from pests. Putting lots of seeds into an area will essentially lure cats in via prey items in. Cats can't distinguish corn in a barn meant for human consumption from bird seed from a feeder. They assume its ours & its their job to kill anything stealing it. The Egyptians bred them that way. The bird feeders create the prey density that justifies sustained predation. So, keep cats inside & no bird feeders that allow seed to fall to the ground. The cats are far more interested in bugs & mice then birds. I work in a conservation zone with feral cats & watch them. They nearly always, 95% of the time, eat bugs, then mice or the occasional frog during rain storms & breeding seasons. Bird feeders attract vermin too.
Bird feeders attract squirrels. Cant keep them out of it.
Only good cat is a dead one
@@jeanniesmith3356 cats are quite good at controlling squirrels. Saw an invasive grey squirrel killing blackbirds last year but haven’t seen one in awhile now.
On the islands and in Australia cats are an invasive species and should be removed, but on the mainland, the situation is complicated and I think they can be part of the urban ecosystem, keep calm and don't be biased by the media
There are many cats in Eurasia and North America, and there are also many animals with similar hunting patterns and ecological niches to stray cats. For hunted animals, there is little difference between stray cats and other animals with similar ecological niches. Therefore, in Eurasia and North America, stray cats are more competitive with animals with similar ecological niches, rather than affecting the hunted animal population. The whole ecosystem is still stable, as long as humans don't overcare and discard cats in large numbers, nature will balance everything out, what do you think
Birds can fly, so of course birds are more difficult to catch than mammals@@theotheseaeagle
As someone who loves cats, it pains me to see the ignorance of people that ignore the environment bc they "love cats"
Cats are cats. Why don't we spay and neuter humans???
@@chris135x You're psychotic
How can you say that about cats what about human?
It's not their fault, it's ours.
Obviously, but that doesn't mean the issue should be completely ignored. The main premise is something needs to be done about it.
Yes, and getting rid of them is part of fixing the problem
Yes, and getting rid of them is part of fixing the problem
Cats are the second most invasive species only humans are worse
Cat's are not invasive. They have natural instincts like every other animal.
@@chris135x ? do you understand what invasive means
@@elbarto4069 Yeah, I do. I just don't agree with bs narratives. All animals are invasive. Even insects are. Everything except us humans. Right? Being against nature doesn't make you right. Mob mentality doesn't mean anything. If you like genocide, just admit it. Stop trying to hide as a "saint".
Humans are one of the most Invasive Species.
i love how invasive human who'se food, homes, anything has destroyed the nature so eager to complain about a cat.
Lol I use to Not like cats at all! Til my bf came along w his cat. So I have to love her furry ass. Lol....I'm spun
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Cats didn't invade. Humans invaded bringing cats with them. So, don't blame the cats. But here's something else to think about: Cats are marvelously, almost miraculously, adaptive. They can survive from tundra to tropical deserts and everywhere in between. What this means is that where they are now is where they'd eventually be anyway, even without the assistance of mankind. In a sense, all we humans did is speed up evolution.
Profound. But it's still a problem that decrease the biodiversity of our planet at a time when human made extinction is already an all times high
Exactly! City people need to understand that just because an animal has been brought somewhere by people it doesn’t automatically mean it harms the local ecosystem lol. If they want to see a animal which harms the ecosystem maybe they should look at all the cuddly invasive grey squirrels which have killed all the native red squirrels and kill millions of young nestling songbirds each year
On the islands and in Australia cats are an invasive species and should be removed, but on the mainland, the situation is complicated and I think they can be part of the urban ecosystem, keep calm and don't be biased by the media
There are many cats in Eurasia and North America, and there are also many animals with similar hunting patterns and ecological niches to stray cats. For hunted animals, there is little difference between stray cats and other animals with similar ecological niches. Therefore, in Eurasia and North America, stray cats are more competitive with animals with similar ecological niches, rather than affecting the hunted animal population. The whole ecosystem is still stable, as long as humans don't overcare and discard cats in large numbers, nature will balance everything out, what do you think
@@theotheseaeagle On the islands and in Australia cats are an invasive species and should be removed, but on the mainland, the situation is complicated and I think they can be part of the urban ecosystem, keep calm and don't be biased by the media
There are many cats in Eurasia and North America, and there are also many animals with similar hunting patterns and ecological niches to stray cats. For hunted animals, there is little difference between stray cats and other animals with similar ecological niches. Therefore, in Eurasia and North America, stray cats are more competitive with animals with similar ecological niches, rather than affecting the hunted animal population. The whole ecosystem is still stable, as long as humans don't overcare and discard cats in large numbers, nature will balance everything out, what do you think
@@user-pk3fv6tb2u Good luck with removing such a highly adaptable species which is also one of nature's most perfect hunters. The wildcat/domestic cat (virtually the same species) has a higher kill ratio than almost any other cat species as well as most other predators of similar size. Perhaps members of the weasel family exceed them a bit as well as some of the raptor birds.
Aside from their hunting prowess, they breed almost as well as rabbits, except that cat mothers take far better care of their kittens than rabbits do with their offspring. Not only will a cat teach her young how to hunt as well as other survival skills, she will also defend them fiercely.
Your best shot may be to try to control the cat population as best you can, because now that they are there, you're screwed: they will always be there. They are one of Nature's great survivors.
Thank you. They should be classified as vermin
Nah we'll keep them as cats so they can hunt rats like you
Absolutely dislike cats for this reason.
Fun fact: there are at least 8 billion human beings.
not at least... there IS now officially 8 billion of us LOL. invasive for sure but compared to insects a drop in the bucket.
@@justins21482 As you typed, more people were born. More are being born as I type. Also, the impact an individual of our species has on the planet is magnitudes greater than that of an insect. The planet can sustain many trillions of insects.
America ALREADY has native cat species, namely the bobcat, cougar & lynx, & they're bigger & stronger then domestic cats. While cats might have some impact, they're not alien to north America & aren't on top of the food chain. Native cats & canines can even eat domestic cats, a great reason to keep your cats indoors!!
Yes but they hunt other game animals which are also native.
Yes, coyotes diet consists of 30 to 40 percent cats.
Just euthanize cats there lives are worthless.
@@jeanniesmith3356 Well good they're I think they're in every city in the country now hopefully they can help with our cat infestation problem
@@GODsoN_216 I have seen coyotes living in the suburbs, but I haven't seen one yet living out in the country. Plenty of raccoons here thou. It may have something to do with all the farm land and little forest left.
Cats should just be kept inside.
But most cat owners don't care bothering other people with their pets.. or them killing animals
Do you feed the animals or just like being a cat Karen?
On the islands and in Australia cats are an invasive species and should be removed, but on the mainland, the situation is complicated and I think they can be part of the urban ecosystem, keep calm and don't be biased by the media
There are many cats in Eurasia and North America, and there are also many animals with similar hunting patterns and ecological niches to stray cats. For hunted animals, there is little difference between stray cats and other animals with similar ecological niches. Therefore, in Eurasia and North America, stray cats are more competitive with animals with similar ecological niches, rather than affecting the hunted animal population. The whole ecosystem is still stable, as long as humans don't overcare and discard cats in large numbers, nature will balance everything out, what do you think
Humans are
I knew I was gonna see an easily offended cat-owner in the comments.
Not just one. A whole lot of them. Cats are an invasive species then just deal with the problem by keeping the cats indoors but cat people being themselves love to drag dogs into their hate as well.
To be fair, pretty much everyone here is a monkey-brain. Regardless of being pro or anti cat.
And you want a genocide. Right???
Humans are the most invasive species.
Wrong. stupid humans that think we are insignificant such as your statment leads is invasive.
cats suck, they hunt anything and everything and it to make matters even worse they do it for pleasure/entertainment
human suck because they've brought these psychopaths from the animal kingdom across the globe annihilating native spieces and biodiversity everywhere
worse pet ever hands down
Not necessarily a species but bacteria puts everyone to shame, it's literally everywhere and things can't live without it
invasive describes all species. Humans are the worst invasive species. Feels click-baity
Cats are hunted in Australia...great idea!
Leave the cats alone.
Keep them indoors.
Maybe be a responsible person. You're part of the problem.
@@jacobv3396 Cry more, assume more, look like an ass more.
@@runawayuniverse You should stay inside as well.
Don't listen to those other assholes, we know the truth.
BS narrative. Cats are "invasive" until the rodent population starts increasing. The ecosystem has ways to balanced itself out.
Feral cats hunt at night you know lol when there are no birds around
Yep, cats hunt at night when the mice come out to eat.
That’s why in the Us alone they only kill up to 4 billion birds a year. Not a lot.
But … cats PURR! 🥺
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cats are little psychopaths, they kill for pleasure and entertainment... actually it's not even that.. it's the torturing for hours for pleasure that is so utterly vile
the only way you can love these things is by ignoring their nature, put it this way - if you were shrunk to the size of o rodent you're precious pet would eat you as it's first lunch - if you're lucky it would be so hungry it wouldn't torture you for 5 hours letting you think you can escape only to reel you back in and break another bone
vile creatures, owners that let them roam are just as bad, they torture hundreds of native animals a year, not for food.. but for fun
@HLA_0302 your cat
@HLA_0302 your ignorance makes sense, you should get one
@HLA_0302 only a simpleton would ask for scientific literature relating to personality disorders for cats
less projection and more thinking time little one
Well, cats will play with mice for hours. My cat Thor loves to hunt mice. He got rid of the mouse problem. It was his job as the house cat.
Haha yet your the same person that would be the first to complain about rat and mouse infestations lmao.
If you’ve not had to deal with all the nasty diseased rodents which overpopulate and kill all the native species without cats around maybe you should be quiet.
And I’m sure you’ve not seen how those rats and grey squirrels which cats hunt torture and devour all the baby songbirds which they find leaving them to rot.
At least cats actually eat most of what they kill and feed the local scavenging kites and buzzards with the things they don’t eat, all those cuddly squirrels you hold so dearly certainly don’t
Survival of the fittest.
Then what about the dogs who killed 1 billion cats every year just to fill thier stomach
Well then that makes dogs a useful species. One more notch under their belts
@@ivanvalentin3898 when you killed by a useful species i really would like to notch under their belts
I help stray dogs too thats why they cant hurt my areas cat
If you just give enough food to dog dont care about species because i love all of them they will never attack anyone also my stray cats never attack on mouse and birds cause i give them 3 meals a day......
There are 100 million cats and 10 billion birds in america. I feed the birds every day and give them water and then when my cats go outside the birds fly into the trees and then fly back down when the cats go inside. People who complain about it simply have no real life experience with any of it. My cats have never killed a single bird and feral cats hunt at night!
Cats kill 2 billion birds a year and are responsible for the extinction for 63 species of mammals, bird, and lizard
Exactly. The thing I’ve noticed is the people who whinge and complain about outdoor cats are usually Americans from the cities. They wonder why there’s no birds around them and instead of blame it on cats instead of the towers of concrete around them. Birds are doing fine, and removing cats would probably be *more* catastrophic as it would lead to massive increases in nest raising species. The biggest threat to birds now is climate change and diseases
@@theotheseaeaglestop spreading false information, cats do not help control the populations of rodents on large scales.
@@Why79-dx4rf I’m assuming you come from the city, again not your fault you haven’t had the opportunity to actually work with animals (as I have been doing my entire life). Tell me this? How many bird boxes have you created? How many native trees have you planted to actually help these animals you seem so concerned about? How many endangered species have you saved from dying gruelling deaths? Let me guess, you haven’t done anything. Instead of complaining, at least actually *DO* something to help these species. If cats were such a threat, I’d be advocating for them to be kept indoors, yet they aren’t that big of a threat. Maybe if you happen to live in Australia or New Zealand with endemic species which have no natural defences against mammalian predators, then yes keep them indoors, but stop forcing your city beliefs onto people who actually work with birds as well as cats
@@Why79-dx4rf cats *do* control rodents. Look what happened in Australia, they eradicated all the cats without removing all the invasive rats and mice first, what happened? They had a mouse plague which cost farmers hundreds of billions of pounds worth in agricultural damages and ironically caused more upset to the local ecosystem then the cats were actually causing. Less than a few years ago I saw an invasive North American grey squirrel tearing into a nest of young blackbirds, now I haven’t seen any squirrels around for awhile? Why? Because the cats were controlling them. Same for the highly invasive brown rat. I had them eating chicken feed and raiding the nests of native birds. Now guess what? Ever since getting cats I haven’t seen a big one around for ages (apart from the ones my cats have killed). I’ve seen native rodents have a resurgence too as they are no longer being eaten alive by rats and grey squirrels
Seriously, why does my cat hate me so much?
because cats are evil. Dogs rule. My own dog knows over 60 tricks so far you should check her out on Pawsuasive Dog Teaching.
Leave cats alone.
Please........
Cats will outlive humans.
Invasive compared to what?! Try humans😁🤦🏼♂️
Yeah, but there aren't really any creatures worse than d0gs, with and/or without owners.
Worse than dogs? Dogs which are police dogs, visually-impaired service dogs, bomb/drug sniffing dogs and rescue dogs which saved thousands of lives during the recent earthquakes at Turkiye and Syra. I didn't see a single cat rescuing anyone at the earthquake sites. You are just a dog hater. Plain and simple
@@leow5632 , you're calling that crap "my boy", so i'll just put you on mute, i just know i won't get any common sense coming from you.
@@muchi1465Last time, I checked dogs, don't kill billions of small animals a year, and aren't responsible for at least the extinction 63 species of bird, mammal, and lizard
@@funnelingspace9268 , that's just because they're already "well treated" by you dummies who are providing the food and all their needs for them.
We're talking about DOMESTIC d0gs, still.
If you’re worried about the birds, wait till you the collective bird deaths caused by wind turbines…insects as well.😎
Cats kill FAR more birds than wind turbines. Cars, buildings, and pesticides also kill more than win turbines do.
@@joedotphp Yeah, they climb up on those turbines and wack those bird’s hunting fish in the sea…🤡
@@carolforrest9218 ok boomer
@@Peramiiy ok Doomer
4 billion birds die in the us each year to wind turbines?
If you don't like cats, you might be a terrible person... In fact it's very likely!
What? Those disease carrying furry parasites?
what a childish speech
boohoo
There will be 10 billion humans in the best 20 years. What were you saying about cats?
We don’t kill millions of birds and native reptiles a year.
Dogs drool and cats rule!
Dogs which are police dogs, visually-impaired service dogs, bomb/drug sniffing dogs and rescue dogs which saved thousands of lives during the recent earthquakes at Turkiye and Syra. I didn't see a single cat rescuing anyone at the earthquake sites.
@@leow5632 Dawg, either go to therapy or stop with you cherry picking bullshit.
@@voltdriver4101nah mf, cope harder.
Stop being immature and ignorant.
This was way too short. I was hoping to hear so much more about why cats suck..
Unhinged mfs.......
god I hate cats
outdoor btw
And I hate humans.
I'm a cat person, I don't care WHAT they kill and eat. Well, yes I do, a little...
sounds like the cat evilness is starting to wear off on you. lol.
cats are little psychopaths, they kill for pleasure and entertainment... actually it's not even that.. it's the torturing for hours for pleasure that is so utterly vile
the only way you can love these things is by ignoring their nature, put it this way - if you were shrunk to the size of o rodent you're precious pet would eat you as it's first lunch - if you're lucky it would be so hungry it wouldn't torture you for 5 hours letting you think you can escape only to reel you back in and break another bone
@@elduderino7767 Yes... don't you love them?😂
@@elduderino7767 take a look of what happens to the chickens you eat for lunch. You’d have a heart attack
Hypocrite..
@@theotheseaeaglethe meat industry is designed for efficiency, it is cold in the torture it inflicts on animals, but at least the torture itself is not the goal, were as cats derive enjoyment from their prey suffering.
Is NOVA PBS Official trying to create an argument for people to have worthless doo-doo-dogs as pets, instead of kats or birds or whatever?
Because this sure looks like a smearing of the cat campaign.
Dogs crap all over the yard. People step in it. Parasites!
@muchi1465 Both cats and dogs are universally invasive species that have no place in any ecosystem. IHD's toxoplasmosis infected cat worshippers probably told you to reject the cat menace because they can't handle cats being rightfully demonized. They are the same as dog worshippers.
Yep. PBS is spreading ignorant narratives.
Man is the real monster!!!😏
humans, most invasive specie in the universe
Humans are the most invasive species
Most cats do not hunt birds--a thing with superior eyesight and wings. Sad to see an expert simply repeating rumour based on mere statistics, without stopping to think this through. Many, many small species of wild cats have existed since the dawn of mammals, and so have populations of birds. Perhaps the presence of small predators is what prompted the evolution of wings. Domestic cats belong wherever there are humans, and are helpful. The most invasive species must be humans, followed by cows because of the way humans view them. If cats ate billions of birds every year...we wouldn't have any birds. Birds are massive carriers of many diseases; cats harm no one who treats them with respect. Island bird populations eventually adapt: think of Britain, Japan, Cyprus.
Yep, the birds here in Britain have coexisted with felines for almost their entire existence. Removing cats would just cause booms in the populations of nest raiders like rats and grey squirrels which do much worse to local bird populations. Just last year I heard a black bird screaming and saw an invasive grey squirrel devouring a nest full of nestlings whilst the parents chattered and squealed around it.
The people which hate cats (mostly Americans from the cities which don’t understand what they are actually talking about) would be the first to complain about rat and mouse infestations trust me
On the islands and in Australia cats are an invasive species and should be removed, but on the mainland, the situation is complicated and I think they can be part of the urban ecosystem, keep calm and don't be biased by the media
There are many cats in Eurasia and North America, and there are also many animals with similar hunting patterns and ecological niches to stray cats. For hunted animals, there is little difference between stray cats and other animals with similar ecological niches. Therefore, in Eurasia and North America, stray cats are more competitive with animals with similar ecological niches, rather than affecting the hunted animal population. The whole ecosystem is still stable, as long as humans don't overcare and discard cats in large numbers, nature will balance everything out, what do you think
On the islands and in Australia cats are an invasive species and should be removed, but on the mainland, the situation is complicated and I think they can be part of the urban ecosystem, keep calm and don't be biased by the media
There are many cats in Eurasia and North America, and there are also many animals with similar hunting patterns and ecological niches to stray cats. For hunted animals, there is little difference between stray cats and other animals with similar ecological niches. Therefore, in Eurasia and North America, stray cats are more competitive with animals with similar ecological niches, rather than affecting the hunted animal population. The whole ecosystem is still stable, as long as humans don't overcare and discard cats in large numbers, nature will balance everything out, what do you think