Send us a text Cats are independent, lovable, and endlessly entertaining—but with nearly 100 million outdoor cats in the USA alone, they become one of the most devastating forces against wildlife, killing billions of animals each year. At the same time, outdoor cats face harsh, short lives filled with disease, injury, and danger. So how do we balance our love for cats with our responsibility to protect biodiversity? Join host Griff Griffith as we explore the complex reality of outdoor cats wi...
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Send us a text Cats are independent, lovable, and endlessly entertaining—but with nearly 100 million outdoor cats in the USA alone, they become one of the most devastating forces against wildlife, killing billions of animals each year. At the same time, outdoor cats face harsh, short lives filled with disease, injury, and danger. So how do we balance our love for cats with our responsibility to protect biodiversity? Join host Griff Griffith as we explore the complex reality of outdoor cats wi...
#4: We Live in a 10% World: : The Shocking Decline We’ve Normalized
Jumpstart Nature
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1 year ago
#4: We Live in a 10% World: : The Shocking Decline We’ve Normalized
Send us a text What is "normal" or even "natural" in nature? In a world where everything is constantly changing, the human desire to define things as "normal" has broad implications on how we see the world, and how we choose to conserve it (or not conserve it!). This desire to establish a personal "normal" leads to a quirk of psychology called Shifting Baseline Syndrome. Learn about the dramatic impacts that it has in this Jumpstart Nature episode. Join your guide, Griff Griffith, as he e...
Jumpstart Nature
Send us a text Cats are independent, lovable, and endlessly entertaining—but with nearly 100 million outdoor cats in the USA alone, they become one of the most devastating forces against wildlife, killing billions of animals each year. At the same time, outdoor cats face harsh, short lives filled with disease, injury, and danger. So how do we balance our love for cats with our responsibility to protect biodiversity? Join host Griff Griffith as we explore the complex reality of outdoor cats wi...
