Remove Cat Population Remove Free Range Remove Killing Remove North America
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Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer

10,000 Birds

Thus the decision was made to kill 3,600 Barreds, and it’s hard to fault the inescapable logic of doing so, as one Audubon Society director expressed it: On the one hand, killing thousands of owls is completely unacceptable. Other animal control issues that involve mass killing make for easier decisions, according to Peter P.

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Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere)

10,000 Birds

The point is, Wildcat, the very close cousin to, physically identical to a domestic kitty cat but with a kick-ass attitude, is these days as African a beast as is the Lion (which once also lived across Europe and Africa) or the Okapi (which did not). But they don’t live in North America. Unless we put them there.