protecting hawaii’s unique birds from domestic cats jack jeffrey
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Protecting Hawaii’s Unique Birds
From Domestic Cats Jack Jeffrey
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.
Cat Predation Impacts on Islands
“Probably no other alien predator has had such a universally
damaging effect on seabirds.”
Moors & Atkinson, 1984
Wedge-tailed Shearwater (`Ua`U Kani)
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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
Cat-killed Wedge-tailed Shearwater
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Palila (Hawaiian Honeycreeper)
`Alala (Hawaiian Crow)
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Hawaiian Petrel (`Ua`u)
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Nene (Hawaiian Goose)
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Trap/Neuter/Release (TNR)
Outdoor Cats Risk:
Getting hit by cars
Disease
Attacks by dogs
Parasites
Becoming lost,
stolen, or
poisoned
Keeping Cats Happy Indoors
Stray Cat Sanctuaries
Rikki’s Refuge, VA
For more information:
Visit www.dofaw.net
Or
www.abcbirds.org/cats
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