Report: Outdoor Cats Are Killing Billions of Birds
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A Smithsonian ornithologist says outdoor cats are devastating bird populations.
Ornithologist Pete Marra, the director of the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, called outdoor cats “as invasive and disruptive to native ecosystems as gypsy moths or West Nile Virus” in a Washington Post op-ed. He joins us in discussion.
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Report: Outdoor Cats Are Killing Billions of Birds
Clip: 2/1/2017 | 6m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
Ornithologist Pete Marra, the director of the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, called outdoor cats “as invasive and disruptive to native ecosystems as gypsy moths or West Nile Virus” in a Washington Post op-ed. He joins us in discussion.
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