NPR Story: Cats, Birds, and Birdsbesafe

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A news story on All Things Considered on NPR Radio by Lauren Sommer discusses the toll on wildlife by free-roaming cats, and also describes the science study of Birdsbesafe cat collar covers, in a discussion with Dr. Willson.

A new multi-country study used GPS collars on cat to help establish the hunting cats' roaming patterns. They also collected prey animals returned home by the cat.

The reporter then discusses our own product, the Birdsbesafe® cat collar cover, with Dr. Willson, whose field study (published in 2015) validated our product claims of protecting birds from cats. Birdsbesafe cat collar covers are able to highly reduce the number of birds caught when cats wear them, by making the predatory cat more visible to birds.

Enjoy the NPR radio story here.

Welcome to NPR listeners! We're glad that you found your way to our website. And we hope you can try our product, if you have an outdoor-going pet cat. Also, do see our list of stores that carry our products here on the In Stores page.

Thank you for caring about cats and birds! - Birdsbesafe® LLC, Vermont, U.S.

Fugazi and Magnus.

The collar has been very effective

This is Alice patiently waiting for me to open the door. The collar has been very effective in preventing her from getting birds.

My cat, Fish

Here are some photos of my cat, Fish, wearing his Birdsbesafe collar! 😀 He is on Instagram at @fish_the_kat and we'll be happy to share if you tag him if you post something there!

We LOVE the collars!!!!!

Here are a few photos of Loki in his collar. I can't find photos of him outside wearing his collars - tho' of course he does and that's why we purchase Birds Be Safe collars!!

Since wearing the collars, he has only caught two birds in two or three years - can't remember when we first got the collars.

He does lose them time to time - and also I have found them in the yard, lol. I throw them in the wash and air dry - they come out great!

I love changing the collars for the season.

If you had a seasonal pack - maybe set of four - I bet it would sell well!

I'm happy to provide a testimonial. WE LOVE OUR COLLARS! And I tell everyone about them!!

FYI, we have a second cat - she is a wanderer and wears a tracker - it's been too hard to do both birdsbesafe collar and tracker -- plus she isn't a hunter like Loki. We had a third cat who passed. I wish I'd known about the collar sooner bec she was a very skilled hunter. She wore her collar in last season of life.

We are animal lovers - birds, cats, bees, etc.! My yard is planted with many CA natives and I do what I can to support wildlife. Also, impossible to keep cats inside bec laundry room is outside and other complexities.

Works well, but would prefer organic &fair-traded cotton, or recycled ♻️

Our cat unfortunately is a great bird-hunter.. BUT it seem that your collar cover is working very well. We never find dead birds in the garden anymore - which I assume is a good sign ❤️ The downside is that the collar fabric ain´t (as we know) either organic, fairtrade og recycled. We would encourage you to use organic and fair-trade alternative. Preferably recycled if that would be possible 🫶🏼 This will also help birds and people struggling with loss of habitats and environmental issues caused by conventional cotton-production.

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NPR Story: Cats, Birds and Birdsbesafe

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