3. - COMMON SPARROW
Cats and Stoats or Weasels are enemies of the Sparrow. They take
eggs, nestlings and grown Birds. The safety of the roosting site is a
matter of life or death. An unsafe site exposes the sleeping Birds to the
danger of Predators. Another threat to the sleeping Birds, is the cold, as
they are easily killed by loss of body heat. Even men is an enemy. Soon
after the Sparrow was brought to our Country, people decided it was a
pest. They killed all the Sparrows and eggs they could find, but always
there were more and more Birds. The Sparrow is here to stay.
BLACK BIRD-
Cats are the biggest danger to blackbirds. When the Chicks hear their
parents calling, they know there is danger. If the adult Blackbirds see a
cat, they make a loud noise to chase it away. The Blackbird Chicks will
have to learn to keep away from Cats and cars. Cats also try to catch
adult Blackbirds.
4. PETS- Cats- Stray Cats and Cats that have homes, get killed a lot by
trains, Cars, and Trucks. Cats walk across the road, and they feel the
vibration coming from the vehicle. When the vehicle shows, the Cat
freezes and doesn’t move. If the Car driver is nice, or a Animal lover, or
sees the poor Cat, they may turn if they can. Cats do the same thing
with Trucks and Trains, but Trains can’t stop. Cats get injured, or worse,
killed by some Dogs. They can go paralyzed, get broken Bones and get
bit.
- Dogs- By Starvation, or by being shot, or drowned. Some people out
there may drown a Dog, or shoot it. Most of all, Dogs get killed by being
uncared for, or unloved. Being abandoned, means Dog Pound. Being
locked up in the middle of nowhere, means Dog Pound. Getting lost,
means Dog Pound. Dogs are very dear to buy, and when nobody buys
some Dogs, or a Dog, they get shot, and killed. The Dog Pound don’t
have that much money to look after heaps of Dogs, so after a Week or
so, some Dogs get killed. Mean, violent Dogs, get killed by Police, by
being really ruff, or to violent and aggressive to keep as a pet, the Cops
kill that dog, or those Dogs.
