Feral cats around here have wiped out all the ground nesting birds on my property. I’m sure they have done a job on quite of few of the tree dwellers as well. I shoot every one I get a chance to.
I haven’t and will not shoot house dwelling pets that are kept inside.
This wasn't a feral cat. It was a neighborhood cat who had gotten outside.
Oh go on...kick in your neighbor's door and shoot fluffy.
We don’t have many cats around here but there are lots of well fed coyotes. Even in the fenced yard I shut my dogs in at night. If they are out of the yard they’re wearing their tags.
There was a big ole tomcat I could see wandering on the far side of the lake. It was hit by a car recently.
Study: Cats Kill Billions of Birds and Mammals Annually
It’s no secret that free-roaming cats are a problem in this country. As both an avid birder and bird hunter, it’s a topic of particular concern to me, as I live in a rural area and must contend with feral cats on a near-continuous basis. Last year I blogged about a study that showed what efficient killers domestic housecats are; how housecats and feral cats do a number on gamebirds; and the numerous studies that show the tremendous toll cats take on wildlife. But the results of a just-released three-year study conducted by Smithsonian and the US Fish & Wildlife Service make it clear that the problem is even larger than previously thought.
Got turkeys? They eat the quail.