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Building Peace Between Cats and Birds

December 02, 2016

Bergamot for Birdsbesafe. Copyright 2016 Birdsbesafe LLC all rights reserved
A new book by Peter Marra and Chris Santella, entitled "Cat Wars", discusses the conservation issue of cat predation on wildlife. The authors' approach to the subject divides the interested factions into "cat people" versus "bird people."
We have a few thoughts on the topic, ourselves, after 7.5 years of hearing from cat owners who are concerned about protecting birds.

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BBC and Birdsbesafe!

November 29, 2016

Birdsbesafe cat collar

Hello friends of cats and birds in the UK. We were just featured on the BBC's show "The One". Terrific! The feature showed a woman testing our products on her cats, and the result: No more dead birds!

Here's the link, viewable in the UK only in this format: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04jclr7

To watch it outside of the UK, try a virtual private network service, like Tunnel Bear and set your location to the UK.

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Two New Articles on the Impact of Cats on Birds

July 14, 2016

 

Birdsbesafe wearing cat posing in a tree

Recently, Birdsbesafe products have been mentioned in two new articles penned by wildlife rehabilitation centers in California. Read one or both for a good overview of why the impact of cats on birds is an important wildlife issue.

The first article describes the use of "catios" and other ways to mediate the impact of cats on wildlife. It was written by staff of WildCare in Marin County.

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What Is a Birdsbesafe Collar Cover?

June 19, 2016

Are you wondering how a cat collar goes inside of the Birdsbesafe® collar cover? We know it is a little hard to visualize. This description should help!

It’s important to understand that you need two parts in order to put the fabric Birdsbesafe® Cover on your cat. You need: the Birdsbesafe® collar cover and an interior cat collar (with the buckle).

The cat collar can be any brand of cat collar. Maybe your cat has one already? It should be a breakaway buckle type that releases under pressure for cat safety.

Here’s a photo of how the collar looks, inside the Birdsbesafe® cat collar cover.
Birdsbesafe Collar Cover with Cat Collar Inside of It

You can adjust the fit of the interior cat collar in the normal way that most cat collars are adjusted—with the slider part, adjusting the overall length.

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Thanks for Caring about Cats and Birds

May 28, 2016

Lou Not Hiding in Purple Flowers with Birdsbesafe

Here's Lou, not hiding in the purple flowers, because he's wearing the bright colors of Birdsbesafe cat collar covers. This photo, which came from a customer recently, sums up how our products work:

  1. Cats try to be stealthy and invisible when hunting. They stalk slowly. They seek "cover" in plants. And then they attack birds, when the can.
  2. Birds, however, have a special ability to see bright colors really well, (songbirds do), and,
  3. When the cat's head is seen surrounded by our bright colors, the birds gain time and opportunity to avoid the predatory threat and fly to safety.
  4. We know from customer feedback in North America, and from scientific testing, that the Birdsbesafe cat collar cover can very greatly reduce the number of birds caught by outdoor pet cats.

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Seven Year Anniversary: Birdsbesafe® Co. Going Strong in 2016!

March 30, 2016

Rainbow Stripe

We have just passed the Seven-Year mark as a company. Time flew by! Birds flew away from cats! Customers around the world discovered how to dress their cats in bright fashions to protect birds!

Here are some quick highlights and a look ahead. Join us in protecting birds from cats! Read past blog posts and other website pages for more in depth information. Thanks, everyone! Birdsbesafe® customers are the best!

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Third Scientific Study of Birdsbesafe® Published

February 09, 2016

Feralina at dusk for Birdsbesafe

(Photo: Feralina shows off her prowl and the reflective trim of Birdsbesafe® covers.)

How far will cats roam when wearing our Birdsbesafe® cat collar cover? Two ideas came to mind: 1) farther than usual, to reach more prey or 2) less far than usual, as suggested by cat owners saying the cats seem to be "home more" when wearing Birdsbesafe® collar covers. So the research team at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia, tested these ideas with a field study where cats wore GPS devices, and either did or didn't wear Birdsbesafe® collar covers as well. What happened next?

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Birdsbesafe® Highlights of 2015

January 09, 2016

Before the new year flies further away, here are the 2015 highlights for bird-saving with Birdsbesafe® LLC.

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Go Home for the Holidays with a Birdsbesafe Outfit for Kitty

December 16, 2015

Bergamot by Harry Duns all rights reserved copyright Birdsbesafe LLC
You could have the best outfitted cat at the holiday gathering, if you like birds and want to protect them from your outdoor-going cat. Our Birdsbesafe cat collars use bright colors to warn birds that a cat is nearby. Songbirds see bright colors exceptionally well, and so can ID your cat from a great enough distance to have time to fly away to safety. I invented it, and it worked so well that we went on a mission to help birds all over the globe. We're Birdsbesafe, and now our patented products have been shown to reduce birds caught by 87% in a scientific study at St. Lawrence University.

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New Press: The Atlantic, Conservation Magazine and more

December 09, 2015

Harry Duns photograph; copyright Birdsbesafe LLC all rights reserved

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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Bergamot, Adventurous Cat

December 08, 2015

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

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Sewn in the United States

November 11, 2015

The current crop of Birdsbesafe® collar covers are an especially nice array of fabric patterns, we think. And... they're sewn in the United States. Here is a little more information on what that means to us.

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