10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Notably, this is a vey small number compared to the number of rodents killed by the same cats. 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.

Killing 274

Killing Cats Fish Birds 274

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

The plethora of approaches to the feral Cat problem is not an outcome of a diversity of great ideas; it is the ugly chimera of inappropriate compromise among biased and often poorly informed stakeholders. And for rodents and reptiles as well. We do know this: In areas where feral cat populations exist, they are often well established.

Feral Cats 252

Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 252

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2012

So, 5% of all birds might mean 10% of all song birds and really, it might be 20% or more of all the birds that die in a given year for specific species, with the species involved being those that are common to a specific habitat in which the cats are found. Is this a problem? 3) Some of these birds were going to die anyway.

Cats 177

Cats Boston Ferrets Killing 177