r/Anticonsumption • u/Zxasuk31 • Jan 01 '24

Is tourism becoming toxic? Environment

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u/rekkodesu Jan 01 '24

Habitat loss and introduction of non-native predators.

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u/ArcadiaFey Jan 01 '24

Cats are horrible for native bird life an example

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u/Legitimate_Concern_5 Jan 01 '24

We estimate that free-ranging domestic cats kill 1.3–4.0 billion birds and 6.3–22.3 billion mammals annually [in the US alone]

https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms2380

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u/WonderfulShelter Jan 01 '24

The most garbage estimate ever, did you even read the fucking ranges? They extrapolated their data in the most terrible way ever as if Miami, Florida or Yellowstone or Juno, Alaska have the same concentration of cats hunting birds outdoors.

If your range varies in the BILLIONS your data is fucking garbage. I'm not arguing it's not a problem and cats should be kept inside, but this is just fucking stupid.

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u/TealLabRat Jan 01 '24

Damn man, you know you can say things kindly or even neutrally. It's not like the dude said a slur lol