Reason #1:

This is one of “solution-oriented” books. When you want to create books to sell, you have to choose this format too.

Reason #2:

Animal Welfare is a big market. If you want to create books to sell, you have to choose a big market too.

Reason #3:

I love cats.

The CEO of Kentaro Sono Inc. swears under oath that this newsletter is not one of the stupid stealth marketing, or written by the Artificial Intelligence such as ChatGPT!

The Original Text #49:

Many of these needs are still similar to those of their closest ancestors, the North African/Arabian wildcat; a self-reliant predator which is territorial spends a large proportion of each day exploring and hunting, and values solitude and the ability to escape from threats by hiding or getting up high. However, we now expect the domestic cat to live in a world very different from that of its relatives—often restricting their ability to explore and hunt within a complex environment (i.e., by confining them indoors), expecting them to live a much more social lifestyle (i.e., with other cats and with us), and to tolerate a lot of physical handling (i.e., we love to cuddle and fuss over cats).

The Bullet #49:

Can we ignore the needs of cats which they inherit from their ancestors... the North African/Arabian wildcat?

The Original Text #50:

How much do pet cats actually threaten wildlife such as mice and birds? The answer is not straightforward. Many of the newspaper headlines we see about how many birds cats kill each year are based on studies of feral cats, and so do not apply to pet cats who are well fed. Some of these studies also have issues with methodology and extrapolate from very small samples. As well, people seem to feel more outrage about cats’ predation on birds than other causes of declining bird populations, such as climate change, the collapse in the insect population, the use of insecticides and rodenticides, the reflective windows of skyscrapers, and so on. There’s no evidence that cats are responsible for declines in bird populations.¹⁰

The Bullet #50:

How newspapers warp the reality of the impacts cats have on wildlife! (Hint: climate change, the collapse in the insect population, the use of insecticides and rodenticides, the reflective windows of skyscrapers)

The Original Text #51:

To get around some of these methodological problems, one study near the Albany Pine Bush Preserve in New York used a combination of surveys, radio-collar tracking, behavioral observations, and scent stations set up within the preserve.¹¹ Based on owners’ reports, pet cats who were allowed outdoor access caught an average of 1.67 prey a month, but based on observations, the researchers estimated the number was closer to 5.54 prey per month in the summer. The most common prey, by far, was mice (47% of the kills), with shrews (15%), cottontail rabbits (8%), and chipmunks (8%) caught in much smaller numbers. Birds made up 13.6 percent of the prey. As with the study of feral cats mentioned earlier, the pet cats in this study did not go very far into the forest. And despite the numbers of small mammals caught, the scientists did not think this affected their overall populations at all, especially given that they mostly caught young animals.

The Bullet #51:

One study near the Albany Pine Bush Preserve in New York reveals... whether cats really are the culprits of shrinking wildlife population!

Bonus #1:

The Kentaro Sono Selection 2024
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In EL PAÍS, in the article Del lujo a gigantes textiles. Por qué cada vez más marcas confían en esta empresa valenciana para diseñar vaqueros menos contaminantes, the author Micaela Llorens writes:

The Bonus Bullet #1:

Now you can know the real costs of buying clothes... hidden by industries for a so long time!

Bonus #2:

The Kentaro Sono Selection 2024
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No. 341-2

In National Geographic España, in the article El consumo de alcohol en el reino animal es más habitual de lo que parece, the author Sergi Alcalde writes:

The Bonus Bullet #2:

“Drunken” female fruit flies become less choosy… when they are choosing a reproductive partner!