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Protecting Hawaii’s Unique Birds

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

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Protecting Hawaii’s Unique Birds

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  1. Protecting Hawaii’s Unique Birds From Domestic Cats Jack Jeffrey

  2. Hawaii’s Bird ExtinctionCrisis: * 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.

  3. Cat Predation Impacts on Islands “Probably no other alien predator has had such a universally damaging effect on seabirds.” Moors & Atkinson, 1984

  4. Wedge-tailed Shearwater (`Ua`U Kani) Jack Jeffrey

  5. 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

  6. Cat-killed Wedge-tailed Shearwater

  7. Palila (Hawaiian Honeycreeper) Jack Jeffrey

  8. `Alala (Hawaiian Crow) Jack Jeffrey

  9. Hawaiian Petrel (`Ua`u) Jack Jeffrey

  10. Nene (Hawaiian Goose) Jack Jeffrey

  11. Trap/Neuter/Release (TNR)

  12. Outdoor Cats Risk: Getting hit by cars Disease Attacks by dogs Parasites Becoming lost, stolen, or poisoned

  13. Keeping Cats Happy Indoors

  14. Stray Cat Sanctuaries

  15. Rikki’s Refuge, VA

  16. For more information: Visit www.dofaw.net Or www.abcbirds.org/cats

  17. 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

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