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Protecting Hawaii’s Unique Birds From Domestic Cats Jack Jeffrey
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Hawaii’s Bird Extinction Crisis: * Habitat loss & fragmentation * Over-hunting * Invasive plants * Invasive predators, including domestic cats * Disease spread by mosquitoes * Habitat degradation by feral pigs, goats, sheep, and cattle.
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Cat Predation Impacts on Islands “Probably no other alien predator has had such a universally damaging effect on seabirds.” Moors & Atkinson, 1984
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Wedge-tailed Shearwater (`Ua`U Kani) Jack Jeffrey
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Cat-free Moku`auia: 62% of burrows produced chicks Malaekahana with cats: * 20% of burrows produced chicks * 0 burrows produced chicks at the colony closest to cats
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Cat-killed Wedge-tailed Shearwater
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Jack Jeffrey Palila (Hawaiian Honeycreeper)
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`Alala (Hawaiian Crow) Jack Jeffrey
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Hawaiian Petrel (`Ua`u) Jack Jeffrey
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Nene (Hawaiian Goose) Jack Jeffrey
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Trap/Neuter/Release (TNR)
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Outdoor Cats Risk: Getting hit by cars Disease Attacks by dogs Parasites Becoming lost, stolen, or poisoned
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Keeping Cats Happy Indoors
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Stray Cat Sanctuaries
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Rikki’s Refuge, VA
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For more information: Visit www.dofaw.netwww.dofaw.net Or www.abcbirds.org/cats
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Photo Credits Kim Brink Dan Castillo, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission Irene Davy, Gibsons Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre Alan Hopkins, Golden Gate Audubon Society Jack Jeffrey, Jack Jeffrey Photography Merrie Morrison, American Bird Conservancy Sheldon Plentovich, University of Hawaii Jeff Price, American Bird Conservancy Gavin Shire, American Bird Conservancy Eric VanderWerf, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Linda Winter, American Bird Conservancy
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