Wrong. Outdoor cats pose a significant risk to birds in Europe as well, especially because Europe has massively reduced the habitat of wildlife in recent centuries.

Cats found 200-500 meters away from any property are shot by hunters in Germany. Between 2007 and 2022 over 160,000 cats were killed in just 5/16 German states (the remaining one's don't publish numbers).

[–] viking@infosec.pub 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Source? Never heard of that. German sources are fine as well.

[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 1 week ago

https://www.schwaebische.de/regional/baden-wuerttemberg/tausende-katzen-werden-erschossen-und-das-ist-sogar-erlaubt-news-3137524

That's where the 160,000 deaths number came from. The largest German nature conservation NGO is also quoted as saying cats are a danger to birds.

https://www.nordkurier.de/panorama/schrecklicher-anblick-jaeger-erschiessen-tausende-katzen-3102963

A single district in Northern Germany has had 660 cats shot within a year. In the dstrict's state 2580 cats were shot in total. Note that the "landesweit" doesn't refer to countrywide but rather to statewide (as German states are called "federal countries").