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An Open Letter to Outdoor/Feral Cat Supporters

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Can you convince yourselves that your cat does not kill birds, when statistics show pet cats only bring home 23% of their kills? It’s so much easier to delete a picture than to end the life of a mortally wounded cat-caught bird, like this Downy Woodpecker … who is alive, but not for long.

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Ingrid Taylar: Bridging the Divide Between Cat and Bird Lovers

10,000 Birds

They pointed out the puncture wounds, likely infected with bacteria that could quickly kill. It’s the bane of many rehabbers that they simply can’t get through to cat owners on this critical issue of free-roaming pets. Whatever those dedicated souls might have felt in that moment, whether exasperation or anger, they didn’t show it.

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