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Ahh, so much quiter without all those birds and other critters :P On a serious note: cats usually integrate well with their ecosystem and if they would really
by metafex 12y ago
Ahh, so much quiter without all those birds and other critters :P
On a serious note: cats usually integrate well with their ecosystem and if they would really pose such a big threat, smaller mammals and brids would just migrate away.
edit: I'm speaking of balanced ecosystems where cats have natural enemies, foxes and whatnot.
- not_kurt_godel 12y ago> if they would really pose such a big threat, smaller mammals and brids would just migrate away That's exactly what you don't want happening in an ecosystem.
- objclxt 12y agoThere's no scientific evidence that letting cats outdoors cause a decline in bird populations: and that's according to the UK charity that campaigns for the protection of birds[1]. The majority of birds that cats kill are frail, in poor health, or otherwise likely to have not made it through the season anyway. [1]:http://www.rspb.org.uk/makeahomeforwildlife/advice/gardening/unwantedvisitors/cats/birddeclines.aspx http://www.rspb.org.uk/makeahomeforwildlife/advice/gardening...
- greedo 12y agohttp://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/outdoor-cats-kill-between-14-billion-and-37-billion-birds-a-year-study-says/2013/01/31/2504f744-6bbe-11e2-ada0-5ca5fa7ebe79_story.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/outdoo... I doubt that those are all frail and doomed to an early death.