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Thanks to groups like Alley Cat Allies, outdoor and feral cats have become above the law. Outdoor/feral cat people are bullies who prey on people unable to fight back, just as their cats do with birds. Enough hand-wringing, enough taking butchered birds to exhausted, emotionally drained wildliferehabilitators.
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