Increased suicides by flying into plate glass windows and windshields might be attributable to some of those losses. Just in the last few days I’ve experienced three of those occurrences. Silver lining of the bird loss cloud is the savings realized from fewer car wash visits to remove bird droppings. As to cats? Coyotes handle that issue. One reason I stopped hunting them.
So do foxes and raccoons.
Problem is, "thanks" to PETA, nobody is trapping anymore.
Used to be trappers would pay the landowner $x per pelt.
Now you have to pay him to set the trap and $3x per pelt.