the increase of cats as pets seems like a possible factor, one rough estimate says the US has 3X more housecats than it did in 1970... so it certainly seems pos

the increase of cats as pets seems like a possible factor, one rough estimate says the US has 3X more housecats than it did in 1970... so it certainly seems possible that we've thrown off a more natural equilibrium https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Growth-of-the-house-cat-population-in-the-United-States-over-time-Population-estimates_fig1_41101366 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Growth-of-the-house-cat-...