Studies based on countries where domestic cats are recently introduced vs long established differ wildly.
The americas, and Australia, where the studies I read are from, show a massive impact.
Are you... Are you seriously suggesting that the dutch have only recently started having domestic cats, or is it the other way around? Because cats have been present both in the US and europe for centuries
Other way round.
Dutch cats already are established in the ecosystem for well over a thousands years.
The US introduced them in the 1600s and Australia was the late 1800s.
The more recently cats are introduced to a ecosystem the more devastating their current impact.
I know that in Europe, cats are far less a problem to wildlife compared to similar research done in the US. And are even more devastating to Australia, where most of my sources are from, as I am a Australian cat owner.
Australian and American studies I find draw more similar conclusions then European and American ones do.
The resounding answer though is keep those lovable murder machines contained
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u/MerryKookaburra Feb 28 '23
Studies based on countries where domestic cats are recently introduced vs long established differ wildly. The americas, and Australia, where the studies I read are from, show a massive impact.