{"id":8865,"date":"2020-09-29T12:17:06","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T19:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stewardshipcentrebc.ca\/?page_id=8865"},"modified":"2022-01-26T17:04:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T01:04:03","slug":"about-cats-and-birds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stewardshipcentrebc.ca\/cats-and-birds\/about-cats-and-birds\/","title":{"rendered":"About Cats and Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8865\" class=\"elementor elementor-8865\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-00faa86 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"00faa86\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e8ebde8\" data-id=\"e8ebde8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1f0d86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f1f0d86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Cats and Birds | About<\/h1>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:spacer {\"height\":20} --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 20px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:spacer --><!-- wp:media-text {\"mediaId\":8889,\"mediaType\":\"image\",\"mediaWidth\":42,\"className\":\"alignwide\"} --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns: 42% auto;\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"967\" class=\"wp-image-8889 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/stewardshipcentrebc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/shutterstock_87716467_by-Steve-Heap-1024x967.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stewardshipcentrebc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/shutterstock_87716467_by-Steve-Heap-1024x967.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stewardshipcentrebc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/shutterstock_87716467_by-Steve-Heap-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stewardshipcentrebc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/shutterstock_87716467_by-Steve-Heap-768x725.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"placeholder\":\"Content\u2026\"} --><\/p>\n<p>Cats and Birds is<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A wildlife conservation issue<\/li>\n<li>An animal welfare issue<\/li>\n<li>A human health issue<\/li>\n<li><em>A complex issue with a simple solution: keeping cats indoors or supervised while outdoors.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbf6b48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fbf6b48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Cats and Birds topic often causes debate between conservation groups and cat advocates, and the reason is very simple: <em><strong>birds and outdoor cats don\u2019t mix<\/strong><\/em> but both are beloved and cared for!<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:spacer {\"height\":20} --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 20px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b1986c elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"8b1986c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/CyjvpOcv-DA&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a42c85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a42c85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>A short clip about &#8220;Cats and Birds&#8221; by Vancouver Avian Research Centre.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3387f680 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3387f680\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a76584e\" data-id=\"3a76584e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ddc7200 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ddc7200\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":1} --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 52px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #324f16; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; font-weight: normal; background-color: initial;\">Millions of birds are taken by cats<\/span><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>North American bird populations are rapidly declining. Since the 1970s, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.3billionbirds.org\/\">nearly 3 billion birds were lost<\/a>. Among many dangers, cat predation on birds is the strongest human-related source of bird mortality. Eager, skillful and adept hunters, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcbirds.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Blancher-2013-Estimated-number-of-birds-killed-by-domestic-cats-in-Canada.pdf\">cats kill about 100 &#8211; 350 million birds every year in Canada alone<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed5719f elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"ed5719f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/cdzU84AyCdI&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5161a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e5161a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>A study published on Sept. 19, 2019 in the journal Science reveals that since 1970, bird populations in the US and Canada have declined by 29 percent, signalling a widespread ecological crisis. Video by American Bird Conservancy.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f046ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f046ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Cats are at risk while outdoors<\/h2>\n<p>It is important to remember that cats face many dangers when roaming outside unsupervised, including\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol type=\"1\">\n<li>Cars<\/li>\n<li>Toxins<\/li>\n<li>Diseases<\/li>\n<li>Predation<\/li>\n<li>Unwanted pregnancy<\/li>\n<li>Cat theft<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Cats and Birds program supports responsible cat ownership and encourages best practices for cat welfare. <a href=\"https:\/\/stewardshipcentrebc.ca\/cats-and-birds\/cats-and-birds-for-cat-owners\/\">Learn more in our section for cat owners<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df09f1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df09f1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>What do we do to help birds and cats?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48d5fde elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48d5fde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Watch the video below to hear an interview with the Stewardship Centre&#8217;s Executive Director DG Blair to find out what the Cats and Birds program is and how you can be a part of this initiative that helps to protect our beloved pets and native wildlife.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-204d777 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"204d777\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=iUj6xKh9ZMM&amp;list=PLq5cM045teJYiO1Qb9KTxvsFYfNoVC_xA&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66b5527 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66b5527\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"has-inline-color\"><em>SCBC&#8217;s Executive Director DG Blair talks about the Cats and Birds program.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-846dde2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"846dde2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You can also check our Cats and Birds program summary presented at the Harris Barn Bird Stewardship Roundtable Event in Delta, BC in October 2021.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e946f0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"e946f0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=gtKxcaF04Dw&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a38c48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a38c48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Cats and Birds Project Coordinator, Anna Skurikhina explains ways the Stewardship Centre for BC is working with others to help make British Columbia a safer place for cats, birds, and other wildlife. This talk was part of the Harris Barn Bird Stewardship Roundtable Event in Delta, BC in October 2021.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-374ea6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"374ea6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"has-very-light-gray-background-color has-background\">To address this issue and protect our feathery friends and furry companions, we developed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stewardshipcentrebc.ca\/cats-and-birds\/cats-and-birds-resources\/\">resources<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stewardshipcentrebc.ca\/cats-and-birds\/cats-and-birds-for-cat-owners\/\">pet owners<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stewardshipcentrebc.ca\/cats-and-birds\/cats-and-birds-for-veterinarians\/\">veterinarians<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stewardshipcentrebc.ca\/cats-and-birds\/cats-and-birds-for-local-government\/\">local governments<\/a>\u00a0to help make British Columbia a safer place for Cats and Birds!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cats and Birds | About \u00a0 Cats and Birds is A wildlife conservation issue An animal welfare issue A human health issue A complex issue with a simple solution: keeping cats indoors or supervised while outdoors. \u00a0 The Cats and Birds topic often causes debate between conservation groups and cat advocates, and the reason is very simple: birds and outdoor cats don\u2019t mix but both are beloved and cared for! \u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/CyjvpOcv-DA A short clip about &#8220;Cats and Birds&#8221; by Vancouver Avian Research Centre. Millions of birds are taken by cats North American bird populations are rapidly declining. Since the 1970s, nearly 3 billion birds were lost. Among many dangers, cat predation on birds is the strongest human-related source of bird mortality. Eager, skillful and adept hunters, cats kill about 100 &#8211; 350 million birds every year in Canada alone! https:\/\/youtu.be\/cdzU84AyCdI A study published on Sept. 19, 2019 in the journal Science reveals that since 1970, bird populations in the US and Canada have declined by 29 percent, signalling a widespread ecological crisis. Video by American Bird Conservancy. Cats are at risk while outdoors It is important to remember that cats face many dangers when roaming outside unsupervised, including\u00a0 Cars Toxins Diseases Predation Unwanted pregnancy Cat theft \u00a0 The Cats and Birds program supports responsible cat ownership and encourages best practices for cat welfare. Learn more in our section for cat owners. What do we do to help birds and cats? Watch the video below to hear an interview with the Stewardship Centre&#8217;s Executive Director DG Blair to find out what the Cats and Birds program is and how you can be a part of this initiative that helps to protect our beloved pets and native wildlife.\u00a0 https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iUj6xKh9ZMM&#038;list=PLq5cM045teJYiO1Qb9KTxvsFYfNoVC_xA SCBC&#8217;s Executive Director DG Blair talks about the Cats and Birds program. You can also check our Cats and Birds program summary presented at the Harris Barn Bird Stewardship Roundtable Event in Delta, BC in October 2021. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gtKxcaF04Dw Cats and Birds Project Coordinator, Anna Skurikhina explains ways the Stewardship Centre for BC is working with others to help make British Columbia a safer place for cats, birds, and other wildlife. This talk was part of the Harris Barn Bird Stewardship Roundtable Event in Delta, BC in October 2021. To address this issue and protect our feathery friends and furry companions, we developed\u00a0resources\u00a0for\u00a0pet owners,\u00a0veterinarians\u00a0and\u00a0local governments\u00a0to help make British Columbia a safer place for Cats and Birds!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":3546,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8865","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>About Cats and Birds - Stewardship Centre for BC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stewardshipcentrebc.ca\/cats-and-birds\/about-cats-and-birds\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"About Cats and Birds - Stewardship Centre for BC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cats and Birds | About \u00a0 Cats and Birds is A wildlife conservation issue An animal welfare issue A human health issue A complex issue with a simple solution: keeping cats indoors or supervised while outdoors. \u00a0 The Cats and Birds topic often causes debate between conservation groups and cat advocates, and the reason is very simple: birds and outdoor cats don\u2019t mix but both are beloved and cared for! \u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/CyjvpOcv-DA A short clip about &#8220;Cats and Birds&#8221; by Vancouver Avian Research Centre. Millions of birds are taken by cats North American bird populations are rapidly declining. Since the 1970s, nearly 3 billion birds were lost. Among many dangers, cat predation on birds is the strongest human-related source of bird mortality. Eager, skillful and adept hunters, cats kill about 100 &#8211; 350 million birds every year in Canada alone! https:\/\/youtu.be\/cdzU84AyCdI A study published on Sept. 19, 2019 in the journal Science reveals that since 1970, bird populations in the US and Canada have declined by 29 percent, signalling a widespread ecological crisis. Video by American Bird Conservancy. Cats are at risk while outdoors It is important to remember that cats face many dangers when roaming outside unsupervised, including\u00a0 Cars Toxins Diseases Predation Unwanted pregnancy Cat theft \u00a0 The Cats and Birds program supports responsible cat ownership and encourages best practices for cat welfare. Learn more in our section for cat owners. What do we do to help birds and cats? Watch the video below to hear an interview with the Stewardship Centre&#8217;s Executive Director DG Blair to find out what the Cats and Birds program is and how you can be a part of this initiative that helps to protect our beloved pets and native wildlife.\u00a0 https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iUj6xKh9ZMM&#038;list=PLq5cM045teJYiO1Qb9KTxvsFYfNoVC_xA SCBC&#8217;s Executive Director DG Blair talks about the Cats and Birds program. You can also check our Cats and Birds program summary presented at the Harris Barn Bird Stewardship Roundtable Event in Delta, BC in October 2021. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gtKxcaF04Dw Cats and Birds Project Coordinator, Anna Skurikhina explains ways the Stewardship Centre for BC is working with others to help make British Columbia a safer place for cats, birds, and other wildlife. This talk was part of the Harris Barn Bird Stewardship Roundtable Event in Delta, BC in October 2021. 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