[Terriergal]

Sheesh I didn't realize they did that much damage!

[Terriergal]

I saw an article very similar to this in the latest Field and Stream just about an hour ago while in the Doctor's waiting room. But I couldn't find a link to that particular article online. However this is pretty close.

[End Times Sentinel]

Funny, in my neighborhood (Italian Market, South Philadelphia) we had a large feral cat community for years. Then the city made a concerted effort to clean the market nightly and we experienced a rapid drop in both pigeon and mice in the area. For several years a feral cat sighting was a rarity.

Then, a couple of years ago, some Vietnamese opened a large grocery store in the neighborhood. Maybe it’s a cultural thing, but proper garbage disposal isn’t real high up on the list of priorities for that group, and you know what? The cats are back.

Owl_Eagle

”Guns Before Butter.”

[Sungirl]

This is the Audobon society...they hate cats. Conclusion:Article Skewed.

Feral and free-ranging cats kill millions of native birds and other small animals annually;

Actually Pesticides and pollution kill more birds annually than cats....but they won't tell you that. And I'm not going to argue with you about it....believe it or not.

[Tennessee_Bob]

Heck yes, they do a lot of damage. We've been working hard at bringing back the bluebirds here and the neighbor has three bluebird boxes that finally have residents...and the cats are stalking the yard all the time.

That's why I went and bought a BB rifle.

[farmfriend]

Quick register ferral cats as an endangered species.

[Ben Bolt]

Its always nice to know that some special interest group will come to rescue me . Just kidding .

[Lady Jag]

I love cats, have four myself and practically worship them. But I can't help being reminded by this article that Europe's ridding itself of its feral cat population caused the devastating spread of Black Plague which resulted in the death of a huge percentage of the people.

[NeoCaveman]

I am suprised no one proposed this simple solution

[smoking camels]

Thanks for posting.... great reference for the my "pussy" wouldn't hurt a thing crowd!

[Nowhere Man]

I'm a cat lover and although I hate to see cats roam, but I do admit anything that would cut down the bird population a bit is a good idea with me. I'm getting tired of the nasty flying critters crapping on my SUV. Go cats! B-)