10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

The plethora of approaches to the feral Cat problem is not an outcome of a diversity of great ideas; it is the ugly chimera of inappropriate compromise among biased and often poorly informed stakeholders. And for rodents and reptiles as well. We do know this: In areas where feral cat populations exist, they are often well established.

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Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 257

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Notably, this is a vey small number compared to the number of rodents killed by the same cats. While cats do not fill a specific niche normally held by a native carnivore, there are reasons to believe that some of those birds would have been eaten by a wild predator had the cats not been in play.

Killing 274

Killing Cats Fish Feral Cats 274

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2012

If cats displace ferrets, then that probably means that birds are getting hit harder than rodents, and among birds, adult birds are getting hit harder than eggs or hatchlings. Other felids are all much larger, the similar sized carnivores are things like minks and ferrets, and they have very different habits.

Cats 210

Cats Boston Ferrets Killing 210