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by adsfgiodsnrio
1106 days ago
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>[2] lists the following threats: Oops, you forgot one: - Predation by nonnative and/or nuisance species >And yes, after all of the above, cats may also present a threat. You seem to think it's very important this bullet point is last, but there is nothing in the source that suggests items are listed in order of importance. Even if there were the order is not consistent in all parts of the report. Why are you reading tea leaves when the authors say, explicitly and repeatedly, that cats are a serious threat? |
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I think it's important to know that there are five other threats listed, all of them having to do with destruction of habitat.
That's to drive the point home that destruction of habitat has a much higher impact than anything else - including predators.
>There is nothing in the source that suggests items are listed in order of importance.
The content of the bullet points suggests that. They are listed in the order of impact on habitats.
The bullet point following the "predation" bullet point is "future possible threats".
>Why are you reading tea leaves when the authors say, explicitly and repeatedly, that cats are a serious threat?
Because the authorities don't provide any hard data on that.
But let's not read tea leaves, indeed. The most important point is that the gap between cats, in general, may be a threat to Google's specific cats are a threat has never been filled.
It's solid logic:
- Some cats threaten owls
- The animals fed by gCat TNR volunteers are cats
- Therefore, gCat threatens owls
Do you see a problem here?