Cats Killing Billions of Animals In The US (your tax dollars at work)

BBC News ^ | 29 January 2013 Last updated at 11:25 ET | By Rebecca Morelle

[drewh]

Cats are one of the top threats to US wildlife, killing billions of animals each year, a study suggests.

The authors estimate they are responsible for the deaths of between 1.4 and 3.7 billion birds and 6.9-20.7 billion mammals annually.

[TYVets]

How many millions did it cost to learn that:

Cats kill mice.

[SeaHawkFan]

States that ban the use of dogs in hunting cougars wonder why small mammals in the wild are disappearing; wonder why?

[G-Bear]

And is this not an example of Evolution In Action?

[Yosemitest]

So you want Billions of RATs living around you?

[Gasshog]

stoopid liberals. cats are doing what they are supposed to do kill vermin.

the only vermin the cats are missing is the liberals.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

” Cat Turn Ins for gift cards
I’ll be rich.

[bigheadfred]

We had a mouse move into our daughter’s bedroom one winter. The cat would catch it and play with it for a while and then put it back. We named it Stuart.

[Casie]

I love my little hunters. Mice, moles, birds and bunnies nibbling on my garden bulbs and veggies are fair game!

[mmichaels1970]

Cats kill and eat birds.
Cats kill and eat rodents.
Cats kill and eat lizards/small snakes.

Koreans...oh nevermind...circle of life, circle of life.

[NCDave]

Here`s the gif...if you want it. Yes, assault cats should be banned!! Much scarier with the muzzle flash..lol

[Sirius Lee]

If you have a house you have mice. If you have a cat you have fewer mice. If you have fewer mice and don't have a cat, then you have snakes. If you have a snake infested house you might as well burn it down because you'll never get rid of the smell. I'd rather just put up with having to clean the kitty litter.

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2015331099_snakesonahouse16.html

[Sirius Lee]

If you have a house you have mice. If you have a cat you have fewer mice. If you have fewer mice and don't have a cat, then you have snakes. If you have a snake infested house you might as well burn it down because you'll never get rid of the smell. I'd rather just put up with having to clean the kitty litter.

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2015331099_snakesonahouse16.html

[Owl558]

“At Risk” voles, for crying out loud? Oh good grief.”

Mice are at risk from cats?? By all that is good and pure,something needs to be done! /s

[Revolting cat!]

[bigheadfred]

Last year Los Angeles County Animal Services took in over 3,800 cats. Approx 3,000 of which were killed.

How many were adopted by Vietnamese Restaurants?

[xzins]

As with any animal, cats can have their population controlled. IIRC, the human is the steward of the environment according to God. Therefore, have a cat season on feral cats.

There are actually lots of them in our rural area, and yes, they can be a problem. Generally, they are the offspring of pets whose owners maxed out on the number of cats they wanted and then kept the others as “outside cats to kill mice.” I think an outside cat has a life expectancy of about 3 years.

Nonetheless, if there are too many, then thin the herd.

[Cicero]

Cats are good at what they do.

We have three dogs. The spend a great deal of time going after the red squirrels who visit our bird feeder tree, but they nearly always fail. The squirrel sits up in the tree and teases them, and then makes off when the time is ripe.

Maybe they might get one squirrel a year. They’re very good guards, and they keep the raccoons and coyotes away from the chickens, but they aren’t very good at catching and eating. Seems like the only animals they can usually manage to grab are skunks—and that is not the best choice.

[JRandomFreeper]

And every junebug season, I bring some in for my indoor catz, who have lost NONE of their hunting skills.

/johnny

[Spruce]

[TurboZamboni]

The Eagle and the Hawk, and the Windmills

http://www.minnesotansforglobalwarming.com/m4gw/2011/09/the-eagle-and-the-hawk-and-the-windmills.html