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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Depends entirely on the cat. Some cats and some breeds are smart and savvy.

We had an indoor/outdoor cat growing up (suburbs), who lived to be 18. They were indoor/outdoor (any time they wanted to be let out, any time of year) since they were a kitten.

Occasionally they came home with a scratch from some animal fight, but nothing serious.

They always buried their poop well, occasionally brought us a chipmunk, and helped shoe away the annoyingly chirping birds, so we could sleep with the windows open sometimes.

[b]As far as sometimes catching birds go, eh, that's the cycle of life. [/b]Birds aren't exactly vegetarian.

Outdoor life is not for every cat. But I'm convinced it makes for a happier, as well as longer (due to aforementioned happiness) life for some cats. [/quote]

Actually, cats are non-native predators for which reason it is not the "cycle of life."  We have a major problem with native bird populations being killed off by non-native cat-predators.

Your comment reflects your ignorance.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/outdoor-cats-kill-between-14-billion-and-37-billion-birds-a-year-study-says/2013/01/31/2504f744-6bbe-11e2-ada0-5ca5fa7ebe79_story.html

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Um, we have highrises and skyscrapers that birds fly into, cars that hit them on roads and highways, and manmade chemicals that they fatally ingest. There is no such thing as a "native" habitat anymore, and humans -- not cats -- are primarily to blame.

Your comment reflects your human bias.

Seriously, [b]you're blaming the cats? [/b]LOL.
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Researchers from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Found that cats are responsible for losses of native bird populations ranging from 6.9 billion to 20.7 billion annually.

Of course there are native habitats.  Have you never studied environmental science?
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How many are killed by or related to manmade interference? Where's your outrage about human destructiveness? Cats are barely a *dent* to that caused by humans.

Good lord, crazy bird people are worse than crazy dog people.

[no, I'm not a crazy cat person - don't even own a cat!][/quote]

You are moving the goalpost.  Your above point was that the many deaths cited in the study couldn't possibly be from cats alone.  And I pointed out that indeed, the study says just that.

So now you are asking where my outrage about human destruction of native animal populations are.  How is that relevant to the above?  It is indeed a worrisome issue, but unrelated to the above, which relates solely to the deaths caused by cats alone.[/quote]

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