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Wind Turbines are not Killing Birds

According to estimates aggregated by theĀ United States Fish and Wildlife Service, cats are the biggest killers of birds, particularly migratory birds. Collisions from wind turbines kill a small fraction of birds in comparison to the damage that cats and glass buildings cause to the bird population.

Credit: Wind Turbines are not Killing Birds originally published in Statistica Charts 2017 (CC BY ND)

Curated by Lea Rekow for BifrostOnline
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