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Dec 9, 2015

New Press: The Atlantic, Conservation Magazine and more

Two new articles were published about Birdsbesafe® collar covers today! Here are the links. In The Atlantic, an article called "How to Stop a Bird-Murdering Cat" by Conor Gearin And... in Conservation Magazine, from the University of Washington, an article called "Rainbow Cat Collars Could Save Lizards and Birds" by Jason Goldman. Orders are flooding in from both sides of The Atlantic, now, following further reporting in Spektrum in Germany.

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Dec 8, 2015

Bergamot, Adventurous Cat

Learn the story of Bergamot, adventurous cat of England. See more beautiful photos here and then--follow him on Instagram!

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Birdsbesafe collar cover in Birdies print

Nov 7, 2015

Ways to Protect Birds

Here at Birdsbesafe® company, we sell Birdsbesafe cat collar covers to help protect birds from housecats, but we know that there are other ways you can protect songbirds. Here's a list of some options to consider.

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Nov 5, 2015

Birdsbesafe® collar cover in comic strip "Arctic Circle"

How much fun is this? Our bird-saving products were featured in Alex Hallatt's internationally syndicated comic strip, "Arctic Circle", yesterday November 4th. Wow! So cute. See Alex's short blog post about cat predation on birds that inspired her, here. Or link to the comic strip here to share on social media.

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Aug 12, 2015

Birdsbesafe Study at the International Conservation Biology Congress

In Montpellier France, in July 2015, Dr. Susan Willson of St. Lawrence University presented information about her study of Birdsbesafe® cat collar covers during the International Conservation Biology Congress. Her poster session was entitled, "Birds be safe: Can a novel cat collar reduce avian mortality by domestic cats (Felis catus)?" This study was previously published as a journal article in Global Ecology and Conservation Journal.

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Mar 24, 2015

Our Fabric Formula for Feline Fashion Success

Our exclusive fabric formula for success at warning birds about cats is based on more than six years of research, sales, and customer feedback. What we know can't be imitated. We're Birdsbesafe® LLC, the originators of using bright colors to warn birds away from cats.

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Mar 24, 2015

Not A Hair Accessory--A Safe Cat Collar Cover

Just a short note to mention that despite the resemblance to a certain human hairstyle accessory, the patent pending Birdsbesafe® cat collar cover is designed for cats and their cat safety needs. It's an open-ended tubular shape and you slide a breakaway cat collar into it to hold it onto the cat's neck. Both pieces release under pressure--for your cat's safety outdoors. Read on the FAQ page for more details. PLEASE, do not put an elastic band around your cat's neck. Thanks! We love cats and birds!

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Mar 2, 2015

Summary of Australian Science Study of Birdsbesafe Collar Covers

Here is our summary on the Australian scientific study of Birdsbesafe collar covers, with some important follow-up comments of our own from November 2015. The above photo shows one of the three patterns/colors tested in the Perth study.

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Fluffy cat: Birds need good eyes

Siberian cat Numi sadly specialized in catching bats from the roof terrace. I tried a collar with a bell and was very happy that it worked well. Bats are masters in recieving sounds, obviously any sounds.
But then she changed prey and brought careless sparrows. That's why I bought the birds be safe collar. She does not love it, but she accepts it. But I missed the fact with the "long hair style" - at the moment, there is only one article available for long haired cats. So the careless sparrows will need good eyes. As especially the forest cat breeds... Maine Coon, Norwegian and Siberian... are known as "hunting machines", birds would be safer with more collars for the fluffy kitties!

Birds are safe

K will pounce when she hears an outside door opening, and rush out. We know our beautiful Irish Birds ( Tits, Goldfinches, Robins, Wrens, Starlings etal) are Safe.

Save Birds, Happy Cats

Birdbesafe collars do cut way down on bird deaths. Our 2 cats are allowed out in daylight only and both were rescued semi-ferals. They have worn Birdbesafe collars for years. You have to check the collars regularly so that they don''t get lost. Recently someone put a lost one in our mailbox.

Cute cat, safe birds!

Pepper is a recent addition to the family home. We think cats should be able to enjoy the outdoors but they need help being good neighbors sometimes. After 3 bird kills within a few weeks of each other, we knew we needed some support. We found Birds Be Safe in an internet search. Pepper now sports the colorful puzzle edition. It is comfortable for her and after almost 2 months of wearing it, no more birds have met their untimely demise. Easy to wash, easy to see with the reflective trim. Pepper is happy. We are happy. Birds are happy. Win-win-win. :)

Highly recommend! And please consider adding a small donation to your order. I did out of respect for the feathered friends that Pepper was not very friendly with.

My Feisty Preditor actually likes wearing it.

I can’t definitively swear that it works. But I haven’t seen any new evidence of bird kills. After she killed three Lesser Goldens in one day, I had to do something or I was going to do something drastic.
I take the collar off at night and, after removing accumulated hair every morning from the fabric, put it back on her before she can go outside. After crooning, and praising her for wearing it for a couple days, she now submits to my putting it on her. After making sure the length of the break away collar is flat, not twisted inside the fabric, I approach from behind and below her eyes. The break away collar is hard to snap together, but it seems to work the way it was designed .

Eliash

Thank you from our cat Eliash! Greetings from Poland!

Seems to be working

When I purchased this collar, my male cat was bringing a minimum of a bird a day into the house (mostly finches). He has worn the collar for 3 weeks now and has brought a hummingbird in the house (which I was able to rescue and put back outside.).

Great

The collar is great! Here is our cat Poppi.

No more dead birds

I have found zero dead hummingbirds since our cat started wearing this collar. He tolerates the collar well and I highly recommend it!

This actually works!

My nine-year old cat is an avid hunter. She was bringing in a kill, or live bird almost every day. I originally purchased the giant bell for her collar from this company and it worked for four days. This collar has worked now for three weeks. No birds, lizards, or rats (dead or alive) in my house for THREE WEEKS!!! Whereas I used to tentatively walk into my kitchen every morning, steeling myself for some level of carnage requiring a cleanup crew, I can now start my mornings on a joyful note. I highly recommend this product. If you have a bell on your cat's collar that you want to keep, I recommend putting a small stitch on each end of the openings to keep the bell from sliding into the fabric tube. The tube is rather wide and presents some issues, but they're not insurmountable - and applying a couple of small stitches helps a lot.

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Tips & Articles

New Press: The Atlantic, Conservation Magazine and more

Bergamot, Adventurous Cat

Ways to Protect Birds

Birdsbesafe® collar cover in comic strip "Arctic Circle"

Birdsbesafe Study at the International Conservation Biology Congress

Our Fabric Formula for Feline Fashion Success

Not A Hair Accessory--A Safe Cat Collar Cover

Summary of Australian Science Study of Birdsbesafe Collar Covers

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