[john drake]

Yep, nature seeks its balance. So does the human race, sadly enough. Waiting for WW III, it”ll be a humdinger.

[Newtoidaho]

Illegal aliens are an invasive species, let’s talk about getting rid of them. At least cats have some good qualities.

[Mr. Mojo]

Domestic cats are directly responsible for the extinction of a number of animal species around the world, including 33 bird species. In the U.S., the popular pet is estimated to kill over 1 billion birds and over 6 billion other small animals every year.

So what's the problem? Most of the small animals they kill are rats and mice.

[Incorrigible]

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[BlackAdderess]

Rats and mice are invasive species

[BlackAdderess]

I’d rather have cats than rats and mice

[SMGFan]

The numbers seem unbelievable , but what would it be like if 1 billion birds and 6 billions small animals were not killed each year?

[KMac1945]

Did PETA write this article?

[null and void]

Wiping out cats did wonders for the medieval human population...

[Tahts-a-dats-ago]

For some inexplicable reason I kept thinking about invasive illegal aliens while reading the article. It could be the number 30 million. For some odd reason that number has a certain “ring” to it.

[DouglasKC]

People used to understand this. That’s why it was no big deal to drown sacks of kittens

[Doogle]

"ninja cat awaits......"

[VanShuyten]

This was used in one of my stat classes to show the difference between causation and correlation.
A higher percent of older women in neighborhoods correlated with fewer songbirds. Old ladies didn’t kill songbirds, but they had increased cat ownership over the general population, and the cats were the cause.

[hope]

Never had a cat until the past year. Since Jack came in the house, I haven’t seen a scorpion since. For some reason over the past few years, we’ve seen huge rise of those evil critters. He’s quite the hunter, so I think I’ll keep him around. I don’t even mind the feral guy that comes in the evenings to browse around the yard.

[Fightin Whitey]

When non-native plants, animals, and pathogens are introduced into a favorable new environment, they can sweep through the ecosystem and threaten the survival of the native flora and fauna. They also wreak havoc on the economy.

[Veto!]

My 15-month old precious pussycat I adopted when she was about 7 weeks old is still trying to kill me.

[HangnJudge]

Yes we have cats
They have all been “Dekittified” through the years

They are very effective at rodent control

[freeandfreezing]

Without outdoor cats preying on mice, voles, and similar rodents we would be overrun with them. I have read plenty of articles saying that cats are effective bird hunters, but my own observations are that predatory birds are much more successful than cats at killing birds.

Around here outdoor cats are prey as much as predators. Coyotes, foxes, fisher cats, and larger wild cats regularly dine on outdoor domestic cats.

[Ransomed]

We used to have tons of whippoorwills. I haven’t heard one in a decade or so around here. I wonder if it’s all the cats, one lady down the road used to feed a ton of them. Whippoorwills nest right on the ground.

Freegards

[9YearLurker]

Those kill numbers of course grossly exaggerated—as are most advocacy stats.

It is true that birds have pretty much been vacated from suburban America—but that is the doing of Homo Sapiens, the much more destructive invasive species.