[mou] ABA Counting Cats
Larson Kelly
northernflights@charter.net
Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:37:10 -0600
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Wisconsin birders have been counting cats on their CBC's for several =20
years.
As long as we are out there counting birds lets help with this effort.
For Immediate Release: December 15, 2006
"Contact: Steve Holmer, 202/234-7181 ext. 216, 202/744-6459 cell,
sholmer@abcbirds.org, www.abcbirds.org
Online Survey Tracks Predators Impact on Wild Birds
(Washington, DC) -- American Bird Conservancy (ABC) is today launching
=93Project PredatorWatch,=94 a new citizen-science project to =
investigate =20
the
impact of free-ranging cats and other predators on wild birds in the =20
U.S.
and Canada. The PredatorWatch survey can be found at =20
www.abcbirds.org/cats
=93Any citizen can participate in Project PredatorWatch and provide =20
valuable
information needed to conserve birds and other wildlife by clicking a =20=
few
buttons on their computer,=94 said George Fenwick, President of =20
American Bird
Conservancy.
Participants will provide important information to scientists and
conservationists such as: 1) helping to identify birds and other =20
wildlife
species that are most likely affected by interactions with cats and =20
other
predators; 2) determining whether predator/wildlife interactions are
affected by season or climate; 3) and determining whether certain =20
wildlife
species, age or sex classes are more vulnerable to interactions with
predators.
=93Scientists estimate that free-roaming cats and other predators kill
hundreds of millions of birds, small mammals, reptiles and amphibians =20=
each
year,=94 said Fenwick. =93Cat predation is an added stress to wildlife
populations already struggling to survive habitat loss, pollution,
pesticides, and other human impacts.=94
Anyone who observes a predator/wildlife interaction in their yard can
simply complete a brief on-line survey accessible through ABC=92s Cats
Indoors! website at www.abcbirds.org/cats (on the top left side under =20=
Quick
Links). Results of this project may be reported in the media and ABC
newsletter articles, and may help further identify future wildlife
conservation projects.
In 1997, ABC launched the Cats Indoors! Campaign for Safer Birds and =20
Cats
to educate cat owners, decision makers, and the general public that =20
cats,
wildlife and people all benefit when cats are kept indoors, in an =20
outdoor
enclosure, or trained to go outside on a harness and leash. ABC has
available education materials, including fact sheets, a guide What to do
About Your Neighbor=92s Cats in Your Yard, the popular brochure Keeping =20=
Cats
Indoors Isn=92t Just For The Birds, an Educator=92s Guide for Grades =
K-6, =20
and
print and radio Public Service Announcements."
submitted by:
Kelly Larson
Bemidji Minnesota
Northern Flights Wild Bird Store
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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Wisconsin =
birders have been counting cats on their CBC's for several =
years.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">As long as we are out there =
counting birds lets help with this effort.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
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class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
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14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">"Contact: Steve Holmer, =
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0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Online =
Survey Tracks Predators Impact on Wild Birds</DIV><DIV =
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">(Washington, DC) -- American Bird Conservancy (ABC) is today =
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wild birds in the U.S.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">and Canada.=A0 The =
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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">=93Any =
citizen can participate in Project PredatorWatch and provide =
valuable</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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birds and other wildlife by clicking a few</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
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on their computer,=94 said George Fenwick, President of American =
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helping to identify birds and other wildlife</DIV><DIV =
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interactions with cats and other</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">predators; 2) =
determining whether predator/wildlife interactions are</DIV><DIV =
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or sex classes are more vulnerable to interactions with</DIV><DIV =
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of millions of birds, small mammals, reptiles and amphibians =
each</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">year,=94 said Fenwick.=A0 =93Cat =
predation is an added stress to wildlife</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
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impacts.=94</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Anyone who observes a predator/wildlife interaction =
in their yard can</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">simply complete a brief on-line =
survey accessible through ABC=92s Cats</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Indoors! =
website at <A =
href=3D"http://www.abcbirds.org/cats">www.abcbirds.org/cats</A> (on the =
top left side under Quick</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
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Results of this project may be reported in the media and ABC</DIV><DIV =
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future wildlife</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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ABC launched the Cats Indoors! Campaign for Safer Birds and =
Cats</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">to educate cat owners, decision =
makers, and the general public that cats,</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
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and people all benefit when cats are kept indoors, in an =
outdoor</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">enclosure, or trained to go =
outside on a harness and leash. ABC has</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
">available education materials, including fact sheets, a guide What to =
do</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: =
0px; margin-left: 0px; ">About Your Neighbor=92s Cats in Your Yard, the =
popular brochure Keeping Cats</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Indoors Isn=92t=
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