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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wish we could do the same with feral and outdoor cats. Horrible for native ecosystems. [/quote]

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I don’t think I could ever bring myself to shoot a cat. I have two cats.

But I get what you’re saying. Ferals are a HUGE problem. I can’t even fathom how many birds and small mammals they kill.

But I’m not the guy for that. I love shooting iguanas. Cats? Couldn’t do it. Sorry. [/quote]

OP, as you surely already know, the feral cats help keep down the population of rats.  They're very beneficial.  What was one of the factors that led to the Black Death during Medieval Times?  Superstitious attitudes towards cats led to the wholesale killing of strays.  With no cats to control the rats, they multiplied rapidly.  The rats spread the bubonic plague throughout Europe.  It took a long time to make the connection between the plague, the rats, and the dearth of cats.  Yeah, they kill birds, and that's a problem, but suspect cats make a convenient scapegoat for other reasons that bird populations are decreasing (such as unchecked development taking out their habitats).[/quote]

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