Cats are considered the most dangerous invasive species next to humans by the Earth First types. It isn’t helped by cat owners who post on social media about how “cute” it is when their pet brings home a bird, snake or other natural predator. Cat owners also think it’s perfectly okay to let their pets wander wherever they feel like, perhaps into somebody else’s yard that has a bird feeder, and kill whatever they can. Could you imagine the uproar if people let their dogs out at night to hunt cats?
Yeah, I can. But cats can usually get away from dogs. They are faster and they can climb.
If I lived in town I would keep my cat indoors. However, I live on a farm so I have three cats outside. All are neutered. Two are pretty worthless as far as hunting but one is a superb mouser. She occasionally gets a bird but very rarely. She always leaves her kills where we can see them. Actually a Jack Russell terrier is the very best varmint killer there is. Relentless killers of vermin. A Jack on a mission is a sight to behold.