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3. I think the worms are more at risk from the birds than the birds are from the cats.
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  -DUers: Domestic House Cats vs Song Birds? ceile  Nov-10-10 07:34 PM   #0 
  - Cats are harmless.  rug   Nov-10-10 07:40 PM   #1 
  - well, they have no thumbs  ceile   Nov-10-10 07:53 PM   #2 
  - I think the worms are more at risk from the birds than the birds are from the cats.  rug   Nov-10-10 07:57 PM   #3 
     - !  ceile   Nov-10-10 07:58 PM   #4 
     - Earthworms aren't native to North America and they should be extirpated  XemaSab   Nov-11-10 06:45 PM   #24 
  - Remeber birds that prey on cats  astral   Nov-11-10 02:03 PM   #21 
  - Let's face it. As much as we love them cats are really very efficient killing machines.  elocs   Nov-10-10 09:10 PM   #5 
  - Pesticides, pollution kill more songbirds than cats do  REP   Nov-10-10 09:21 PM   # 
  - And loss of habitat and other human caused threats like tall buildings and towers  Gormy Cuss   Nov-10-10 10:26 PM   #10 
  - Cats kill hundreds of millions of small birds every year in the US  XemaSab   Nov-10-10 09:21 PM   #6 
  - thank xenasab  mattvermont   Nov-10-10 10:13 PM   #8 
  - yeah or put a bell on em  tigereye   Nov-11-10 12:24 PM   #18 
  - Your dogs can come over for a visit anytime  Crystal Clarity   Nov-11-10 01:09 PM   #20 
  - disease bearing rodents are more likely prey to outdoor cats  TZ   Nov-12-10 07:25 AM   #29 
  - My cat hunts shoes.  cwydro   Nov-10-10 10:01 PM   #7 
  - As long as they are not breast feeding while smoking at an Olive Garden in New York City.  madinmaryland   Nov-10-10 10:19 PM   #9 
  - I torture my feline friends... i put the bird feeders within sightlines of the windows...  Rhythm   Nov-10-10 10:31 PM   #11 
  - After bird-watching, they'll have a great time playing "kitty-fishing"!  AlienGirl   Nov-11-10 12:26 AM   #17 
  - Cats belong indoors. nt  Lisa0825   Nov-10-10 10:33 PM   #12 
  - As long as the poll doesn't have a "Robb is a dingbat" option  KamaAina   Nov-10-10 10:35 PM   #13 
  - I say this as one who has several indoor- outdoor cats:  Bertha Venation   Nov-10-10 11:22 PM   #14 
  - Bertha! Pass that box.  Gormy Cuss   Nov-12-10 08:56 PM   #35 
  - Check it out, good video on hunting ...  exman   Nov-11-10 12:04 AM   #15 
  - Not a choice.  Withywindle   Nov-11-10 12:14 AM   #16 
  - to be fair, cats go in the litter box, and few dogs will do that  tigereye   Nov-11-10 12:26 PM   #19 
  - One of my cats sneaked out 2 weeks ago, and I found her in the road dead this morning :-(  Lisa0825   Nov-11-10 06:35 PM   #22 
     - I am so sorry. That had to be very difficult. Cats do belong indoors.  Curmudgeoness   Nov-11-10 06:39 PM   #23 
     - Oh no. Oh no. I am so sorry.  Withywindle   Nov-12-10 12:25 AM   #25 
     - So sorry.  applegrove   Nov-12-10 08:49 PM   #34 
  - I figure a couple of songbirds here and there probably reduce the deaths of whatever animals  jobycom   Nov-12-10 02:54 AM   #26 
  - Our male cat Dingo brought in a dwarf hamster.  denbot   Nov-12-10 04:36 AM   #27 
  - After 8 years, Evita the songbird killer is still alive but no longer killing songbirds  LynneSin   Nov-12-10 07:21 AM   #28 
  - I guess I'm okay with letting bubonic plague, Hantaa virus and other rodent borne diseases  TZ   Nov-12-10 07:28 AM   #30 
  - I killed all my cats  woo me with science   Nov-12-10 07:40 AM   #31 
  - This kills more songbirds  Brewman_Jax   Nov-12-10 07:42 AM   #32 
  - what is the number one killer of birds in the US?  suninvited   Nov-12-10 08:11 AM   #33 
 

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