A pumpkin with a skull carved into it. Photo by Aleks Magnusson via Pexels
Bleach, WD-40, Borax, fungicides, ammonia, and insecticides—these are all common methods to preserve pumpkins until #Halloween. ☠️ If you care about #wildlife then please don't feed them your leftover pumpkins! Compost pumpkins instead. 🎃 #NationalPumpkinDay
A swallow is hunted by a free-roaming cat. Photo by MVolodymyr
It’s #WorldMigratoryBirdDay! 🐦 #Birds face many dangers on their migration, and one danger they face too often is free-roaming cats. Create #SharedSpaces by keeping #CatsIndoors, in catios, or on a leash and harness to help birds survive their migrations. 🏠🐈
Bats are often portrayed as scary and spooky, particularly in the lead up to #Halloween. Help us to fight misinformation, look at more factual information about #bats 🦇 here: www.bats.org.uk/about-bats
And don't forget to check out all our free resources too www.bats.org.uk/resources
#lovebats ❤️🦇
An outdoor cat hunts wildlife from behind a pumpkin. Image by Margo Lipa from Pixabay
It's the time of year when the bad idea of feeding #pumpkins to wildlife resurfaces. Feeding causes unnatural crowding, human-animal conflicts, spreads disease, and makes #wildlife vulnerable to predators like outdoor cats. Please compost pumpkins instead. 🎃
Using working cats for rat control is a cheap PR stunt for soulless corporations that doesn't solve the rat problem and endangers the cats. This #cat would not be missing if he had been kept indoors. #CatsIndoors
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‼️ Hawaiʻi County has passed Bill 51, banning feeding of feral & stray animals on public lands starting Jan 1, 2026.
🔴 This protects fragile ecosystems + endangered birds like the Nēnē (fewer than 4,000 left), ‘Alae ke‘oke‘o, and ‘Ua‘u.
Learn more on our blog:
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A free-roaming pet cat hunts wildlife in the wild.
On #NationalWildlifeDay it's important to think of endangered #wildlife and their struggle for survival. Free-roaming cats threaten 135 endangered species with extinction. Keeping #CatsIndoors is one way we can help prevent permanent #biodiversity loss.
Imagine feral cats and raccoons taking over your land after you’ve been feeding feral cat colonies and #wildlife together. 😹
Invest your money in a Frog Fortress to attract native #frogs to your backyard, which is a better use of money than buying shelters for #invasive feral cats. 🐸
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Happy #InternationalCatDay! 🐾
Keep your cat safe by keeping them indoors. This prevents encounters with venomous snakes and protects native wildlife. A simple choice for a longer, healthier life for your feline friend and safer snakes.
Learn more at www.savethesnakes.org.
#PetSafety #CatDay
Releasing pets into the wild harms the native #wildlife and the #ecosystem. Help keep the ecosystem healthy by rehoming unwanted pets! #DontLetItLoose
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21 native #birds were killed by feral cats. It is not surprising that these #FeralCats were being fed large bowls of cat food nearby. Feeding feral cats does not stop them from hunting, and this hunting contributes to #biodiversity loss.
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Do not trust anyone who claims that #rabies in feral cats is rare. Feral cats are vulnerable to rabies infections because they are unvaccinated and feed alongside rabies vector species like skunks and raccoons.
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Friendly reminder: Indoor cats are less expensive than outdoor cats because you won't repeatedly spend money on rewards for a missing cat. #CatsIndoors
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Feral cat feeding stations can promote pet abandonment since the constant supply of food and water encourages people to dump unwanted cats. Like this couple that left kittens in the desert, mistakenly thinking it was a feeding site. #NeverFeedFeralCats
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Free-roaming cats are being abducted and used in horribly twisted cat abuse videos. Keep #CatsIndoors to protect them from human cruelty!
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Native turtles return to Yosemite after removal of more than 16,000 invasive bullfrogs
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Controlling #InvasiveSpecies can have massive benefits for purposes other than #conservation. If controlling invasive species like the European Green Crab in the U.S. were normalized we could have a reliable source of food security.
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A data table titled "Top 10 most widespread invasive alien species worldwide." The table shows the number of regions where species have been recorded as invasive, based on GRIIS (2022). The table has three columns: Organism group, Taxon, and Number of regions. Water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes) leads with 74 regions, followed by lantana (Lantana camara) with 69 regions. Among mammals, the black rat (Rattus rattus) ranks third with 60 regions. Other notable species include leucaena (55 regions), house mouse (49 regions), brown rat (48 regions), castor bean (47 regions), tree-of-heaven (46 regions), black locust (45 regions), and Siam weed (43 regions).
#DYK 7 out of the top 10 most widespread invasive species are plants, while the rest are rodents? 🌱🐀
Data from the @ipbes.net #InvasiveAlienSpecies Assessment shows water hyacinth dominates in 74 regions worldwide. 🌍🧪
Full details: www.ipbes.net/ias
It's disappointing that the #WorldMigratoryBirdDay animation highlights off-leash dogs as a threat to #birds but ignores free-roaming cats. A simple #CatsIndoors message could have helped bring relief for the 981 #bird species hunted by these cats.
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The Don't Let It Loose logo showcasing pets like a frog, fish, snake, and iguana. Caption: Don't Let It Loose! Be a responsible pet owner.
Today is #NationalPetDay! Our #pets are cherished companions, but it's important to remember that releasing pets into the wild when we cannot care for them is the wrong thing to do. If you need to rehome a pet, visit #DontLetItLoose for resources. 🐇🐍🐟
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Human activity is driving #biodiversity loss in all species. Human activity causes five drivers of decline, with one driver being #InvasiveSpecies. Releasing pets into the wild contributes significantly to the invasive species driver. #DontLetItLoose!
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Feral cats don't control rats. Feral cats are not rat-specific and will gladly eat #wildlife like birds, reptiles, mammals, and amphibians. These "working cat" programs fuel #biodiversity loss and won't solve the rat problem.
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Today is #WorldFrogDay! Let’s make a difference in #frog conservation by listening to recorded frog sounds on Frog Find. Doing this will help identify immediate threats to frog survival. Join us in conserving these these amazing #frogs! 💚🐸
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A recent study indicates that the negative effects of #FeralCats may be underestimated. Research reveals that feral cats kill more native animals than any other predator in Australia, highlighting their role as an #InvasiveSpecies threatening #biodiversity.
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Pets that have become invasive species including cats, pythons, lionfish, and goldfish. Caption: Rehome and never release.
#NationalInvasiveSpeciesAwarenessWeek may be over, but we can still prevent #InvasiveSpecies by responsibly rehoming pets. Releasing pets into the wild can make them #invasive to the #ecosystem. Learn how to rehome pets at dontletitloose.com
A dating app-style card titled "Endangered Love" featuring a close-up underwater photograph of a Vaquita (Phocoena sinus), a small porpoise with distinctive dark rings around its eyes and grey coloring. The image is set against a deep blue marine background. The card includes key information presented as profile details: Species status: World's rarest marine mammal Population: Only 18 individuals left in the wild Current situation: facing threats from illegal fishing nets Habitat needs: pristine waters for pod raising and fishing The layout includes the IPBES logo at the top and dating app-style interface elements (X and heart symbols) at the bottom. The design uses a white card format against a gradient background, mimicking a social media dating platform.
2 days after #ValentinesDay, spare a thought for the vaquita - a species on the edge of vanishing forever.
Found only in the Gulf of California waters 0-50m deep, this porpoise is critically endangered.
With only ~18 left, let's protect this rare marine mammal before it's too late.💙
A heart surrounded by a squirrel, frog, and birds. Caption: Love wildlife by keeping cats indoors. Image generated with Image Creator from Microsoft.
Show #wildlife some love this #ValentinesDay by keeping cats indoors. 😻
Support mandatory sterilization of pet cats to protect Hawaii's birds and other #wildlife. Implementing these policies will greatly reduce the impact of free-roaming cats on the island's delicate #ecosystem. Please sign to help preserve #biodiversity!
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