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Are you as green as you think you are? Maybe not, if you allow your cat to roam. “If you install solar panels on your roof and avoid dousing your lawn with chemicals and pesticides, your online peers may consider you to be environmentally friendly. But this street cred can all be erased if you let your cat roam around outdoors.” This is according to a brand new report coming out of Cornell University last month.
The research team led by Hwanseok Song, determined that environmentally conscious 
individuals use solar panels, have a water-wise yard, and use no or few chemicals, and, if they have a cat, they keep it indoors. An outdoor cat, they say, can be a detriment to the natural environment because of the cat’s tendency to hunt—in particular to kill birds. Here’s the link to the story: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180130140249.htm
If you have an outdoor cat or an indoor/outdoor cat who often or occasionally brings you a bird, or if you sometimes find feathers around and suspect your cat, there is hope. You can deter your cat from encroaching on the wildlife in your neighborhood. In fact, here’s a good site with some interesting suggestions: http://www.audubon.org/news/how-stop-cats-killing-birds
Susan Willson, a conservation biologist couldn’t stand that her cat was killing as many as 
two birds a week. She knew she had to do something and she cured his killing prowess by fitting him with a BirdsBeSafe collar. Here’s how it works: evidently birds see bright colors very well. (I’ll remember that when I go on my bird-photography adventures.) So the BirdsBeSafe collar is brightly colored and quite noticeable—sort of like a clown collar. According to Willson, it was 100 percent effective with her cat. According to the BirdsBeSafe collar site, researchers studied for seven years to discover the most effective color combinations for the collar—those that would warn birds of a cat’s presence soon enough for them to escape. They claim their product is 87 percent effective. It’s made to be comfortable and safe for the cat to wear. And motorists are more apt to see a cat wearing one of these collars.
And, as you’ll see when you visit this site, the collars are really kind of cute on the cats. https://www.birdsbesafe.com/
