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mopinko

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7. predators are crucial to population health.
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 09:10 PM
Feb 2013

they kill the sick and injured. and i love the way they refer to rat and mice as tho it is a bad thing to get rid of them.

About those killer cats - [View all] hedgehog Feb 2013 OP
Scott's Bird Seed Kills Birds - $12.5 Million Court Case appleannie1 Feb 2013 #1
What were they (Scotts) thinking????? alstephenson Feb 2013 #6
Money, money, money, money. Sadly it took 2 years before they were caught. appleannie1 Feb 2013 #13
Yes....Maybe "Killer Cats" is cover for what Scotts did plus environmental KoKo Feb 2013 #23
Skyscrapers kill 1 to 9 million per year, as well. GoCubsGo Feb 2013 #2
The "study" is bogus MzNov Feb 2013 #3
+1 joeybee12 Feb 2013 #4
Thank you!!!! nt. OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #10
...... smokey nj Feb 2013 #11
I thought this was already documented in the UK a while back. Mojorabbit Feb 2013 #18
cats have been killing birds throughout time immemorial Motown_Johnny Feb 2013 #5
predators are crucial to population health. mopinko Feb 2013 #7
Bird sanctuary reteachinwi Feb 2013 #8
What kind of carts? tledford Feb 2013 #9
Funny how when a dog attacks somebody, generally the OWNER is blamed forestpath Feb 2013 #12
I think it depends on the environment - hedgehog Feb 2013 #14
Cats don't have owners slackmaster Feb 2013 #16
Saving endangered flightless birds in New Zealand jumps to places without flightless birds. Festivito Feb 2013 #15
It's not a nonissue in the US XemaSab Feb 2013 #17
I'm not buying that it's not a nonissue. Festivito Feb 2013 #19
That Cuddly Kitty Is Deadlier Than You Think XemaSab Feb 2013 #20
Again, I think numbers on mortality are incomplete until we know the replacement rate - hedgehog Feb 2013 #22
The assumption that cats are spread uniformly across the lower US seems unlikely. Festivito Feb 2013 #24
Killer cats !!!!!!! salimc Feb 2013 #21
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