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The study for the amount of birds they eat made a lot of assumptions so there's doubt on whether it's actually accurate or not. I do agree on the spay / neuter,
by tdb7893 8y ago
The study for the amount of birds they eat made a lot of assumptions so there's doubt on whether it's actually accurate or not. I do agree on the spay / neuter, though. Also it's news because these are cats shelters generally kill
- ng12 8y agoI'd believe it, cats have the urge to hunt whether there are mice to be hunted or not. We had one particularly ferocious hunter who would go after chipmunks, birds, and snakes after the barn was clear of mice.
- reaperducer 8y agoThe study for the amount of birds they eat made a lot of assumptions so there's doubt on whether it's actually accurate or not. Any link to reputable/scientific doubts on this? All my Google Fu churns up in reiterations of the popular narrative.
- tdb7893 8y agoNo, my wife studies dogs (but wants to study cats) and her friends were talking about how that paper was a big impediment to getting better policies regarding feral cats so sadly I don't have the references in front of me. Edit: if I remember a large part of the problem they had with it is that it's very very hard to estimate the number of feral cats and also how many birds they eat in a scientifically accurate way.