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Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer

10,000 Birds

They argue for the elimination of free-range cats entirely. And keeping cats, natural hunters, indoors is, as a matter of biology and of common sense, not the healthiest state for them. Marra and Chris Santella, authors of Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer (Princeton University Press, 212 pp.,

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

10,000 Birds

This almost certainly can be argued to be true just on the basis of logic, because feral Cats are proficient hunters and are entirely out of ecological place. Free-ranging domestic cats have been introduced globally and have contributed to multiple wildlife extinctions on islands. Let me tell you this: They are.