/Articles scapegoating cats have been all over the news this week, from The New York Times to USA Today.

The media are relying on a so-called “study” funded by the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Division of Migratory Birds that recklessly perpetuates a bogus debate. This “study” was authored by researchers with an anti-cat track record, who arrived at their chosen conclusion by cherry-picking data. Worse still, they cite a discredited researcher, a colleague who was convicted and then fired for trying to poison cats.

Let’s be clear: the real threats to birds and other wildlife populationsdeforestation, climate change, and habitat destructionare being ignored. Speak out and stand with ustell the Smithsonian to stop spreading false information that puts cats at risk.

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