It looks like we humans aren’t the biggest animal destroyers
after all. The house cat kills at least 480 million birds every
year- in just the United States. There is a cost to this too,
according to a report from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Bird predation by cats results in a loss of $17 billion each
year. In the US, there are 60 million cats. Though it’s known
that these cats kill 8 birds a year each, it’s been theorized
that the total bird kill could be as high as one billion every
year. Though if you’re worried about this being your cat, the
chances aren’t as high. Most of these birds are killed by stray
cats, though if you’re a cat owner it’s probably likely you have
a story or two to tell about the time your cat left a present on
your doorstep. Cats are natural predators, and for their size,
they’re very good at it.