10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

While cats do not fill a specific niche normally held by a native carnivore, there are reasons to believe that some of those birds would have been eaten by a wild predator had the cats not been in play. In other words, cats may be a very severe problem in some places, but in other places not a factor at all.

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Killing Cats Fish Birds 274

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2013

When I contacted the National Audubon Society for comment I was offered the following, essentially a rewording of their public statement: In the course of the original piece, which has since been edited by the Orlando Sentinel, Mr. Williams described using over-the-counter drugs to poison cats. Pretty standard. That is pathetic.

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Feral Cats Trap Neuter Return Tnr Extremist 271

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

This would be a night drive, cold, dark, uncomfortable seats, loud engine in the giant 26-seater truck, scanning the brush and the roadside with three or four strong spotlights wrangled by volunteers among the nature-loving tourists, and of course, the headlights of the truck. And, of course, something interesting came along.

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Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 252