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PoindexterOglethorpe

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4. Right. I keep on reading things about how

Reply to mopinko (Reply #3)

Fri Nov 29, 2019, 12:49 AM

Nov 2019

domestic cats murder a billion birds a year, and I wonder how they come up with those numbers. My cats, even when they spent time outdoors, nailed on average a bird a year. They did better with mice, and got perhaps two rabbits a year. And we're talking when I had three cats. So maybe my felines were singularly incompetent.

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Cats to be put on leashes to protect wildlife? EU says No [View all] Eugene Nov 2019 OP

So, dogs don't need a leash either? Jewls2 Nov 2019 #1

I think that cat destruction of wild things is vastly overrated. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #2

when someone puts out a study that finds the proper rate of predation, we can talk. mopinko Nov 2019 #3

Right. I keep on reading things about how PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #4

i dont think 'outdoor cats' and 'feral cats' are the same thing. mopinko Nov 2019 #5

What I have read more than once is the claim that PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #6

yup. also mopinko Nov 2019 #8

poo. keep your cats inside. i always will have feline hostages w/ stockholms. pansypoo53219 Nov 2019 #7