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Not a strawman: older windmills not on stalks did kill birds, particularly raptors.

It’s seemed pretty clear that since the stalk approach was adopted (probably not even with birds in mind, I suppose, people being people) that the birds were doing better: you could tell by just walking under them. But it’s worth doing studies like this to move from anecdote to data. And even better when they refute obsolete knowledge.

And kill all pet cats.

I’m a cat owner but probably will never get another one. Definitely not if I move back to Australia.

An indoor-only cat kills no birds. Bonus points for spaying/neutering.

An indoor-only rescue cat takes a cat off the street, keeps it from killing wildlife, AND gives it a better life.

In my case I haven’t been able to manage indoor only but I’m sure others are able to.

Can your cat operate door locks or something? It really isn't difficult to keep a cat indoors only.

Luckily I've never had a cat with an opposable thumb (whew!). But where I live in california there is a highly permeable interface between indoor and outdoor, with no screens. Most of the year there are doors and huge windows open all day unless nobody is home. In other words, I don't have a lifestyle that could feasibly restrict a cat to the indoors. When I lived on the 5th floor of a city building, yes. Other than that: no.

If we continue sarcasm line.. this is sarcasm, yes? Then we should kill all cats globally. Billion of birds killed by cars even in places where cats native for thousends years.

> Billion of birds killed by cars even in places where cats native

You raise a good point. however unintentionally! :)

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