A respected scientific institute has declared cats an 'invasive alien species' because of how damaging they are to ecosystems.
Despite the classification making sense to Solarz and other scientists at the institute, not everyone is on board with it. Some veterinarians challenged the conclusion that cats are an invasive alien species. Many felt that Solarz and the Polish Academy of Sciences were calling for feral and other cats to be euthanized.
That isn’t the case, Solarz says. The team doesn’t want people to harm cats. However, labeling the species as invasive makes sense when looking at the science and how cats hunt and damage ecosystems they join. Cats can pose a danger to wildlife. Cats often prey on birds and other small animals. If you think that cats are harmless, Solarz says to look at the number of birds killed by cats in Poland each year. That number has climbed as high as 140 million per year. Despite how high it is, though, the institute isn’t pushing for cruelty to animals.
Instead, the institute says its classification of cats as an invasive species is completely in line with the European Union’s guidelines. Additionally, they referred to it as an “alien” species because people domesticated the cat from the ancient Middle East. As a result, the species is technically “alien” to Europe from a scientific point of view.Joshua Hawkins fell in love with writing and technology at a young age.
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