https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/30/that-cuddly-kitty-is-deadlier-than-you-think/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 08:51:42 -0400<![CDATA[In a report that scaled up local surveys and pilot studies to national dimensions, scientists from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the Fish and Wildlife Service estimated that domestic cats in the United States — both the pet Fluffies that spend part of the day outdoors and the unnamed strays and ferals that never leave it — kill a median of 2.4 billion birds and 12.3 billion mammals a year, most of them native mammals like shrews, chipmunks and voles rather than introduced pests like the Norway rat.]]>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:40:58 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/01/30/that-cuddly-kitty-is-deadlier-than-you-think-n99705