新西蘭現(xiàn)“保鳥(niǎo)除貓”倡議

By Geobeats

Cat lovers in New Zealand are not happy over a new proposal.

對(duì)于一項(xiàng)新提議，新西蘭的愛(ài)貓人士可要不高興了。

Economist Gareth Morgan has initiated a website called “Cats to Go.” He wants people to consider making their current cat their last one. Morgan states，“That little ball of fluff you own is a natural-born killer.” He is claiming that kitties in New Zealand are destroying native wildlife and the area has to steer clear of cats. Morgan has an issue specifically with the bird population. According to him， cats are responsible for the extinction of nine native bird species. Morgan also says that kitties murder native birds faster than they can breed.

While Morgans proposed solution may be extreme， a 2011 study performed by the American Bird Conservancy found that cats kill somewhere between 500 million and a billion birds every year. Eighty percent of bird deaths were discovered to have been caused by 1）predators and half of the preying 2）culprits were domestic cats. As a solution， the conservancy encouraged kitty owners to keep their pets indoors at all times.

經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)者加雷思·摩根創(chuàng)建了一個(gè)名為“貓不能留”的網(wǎng)站。他希望人們考慮現(xiàn)在手頭上養(yǎng)著的貓會(huì)是最后一只了。摩根說(shuō)道：“你擁有的這個(gè)小毛球是一個(gè)天生殺手?！彼暦Q在新西蘭，貓正在危害當(dāng)?shù)氐囊吧鷦?dòng)物，這片土地必須驅(qū)逐貓。摩根尤其提出了鳥(niǎo)類數(shù)量變化的這個(gè)問(wèn)題。根據(jù)他的說(shuō)法，導(dǎo)致九種當(dāng)?shù)伉B(niǎo)類滅絕的罪魁禍?zhǔn)拙褪秦?。摩根還說(shuō)，貓對(duì)鳥(niǎo)類的殘害速度比鳥(niǎo)類的繁衍速度還要快。

盡管摩根的這項(xiàng)提議可能有點(diǎn)極端，但美國(guó)鳥(niǎo)類保護(hù)協(xié)會(huì)2011年的一項(xiàng)研究表明，貓每年殘害的鳥(niǎo)類數(shù)量達(dá)到五億到十億只。研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，80%的鳥(niǎo)類死亡是捕食者造成，而捕食者中50%就是家貓。因此，保護(hù)協(xié)會(huì)提倡養(yǎng)貓人士讓自己的寵物全天待在家中。