[G-Bear]

And is this not an example of Evolution In Action?

[Yosemitest]

So you want Billions of RATs living around you?

[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!

[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

[Revolting cat!]

[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]

[Billthedrill]

Cats aren't the only ones. Ever since the Bush administration there are all sorts of wildlife killing all sorts of other wildlife and EATING THEM!!

I hope that didn't shock anyone. EBT cards for predators NOW! And anyone who disagrees is just...just...just a speciesist.

[ZX12R]

I have a pitbull mix that kills more animals than my four cats combined. He hates wild animals. So far he’s killed many armadillos, possums, coons, snakes, squirrels, and one of the neighbor’s dogs.

[Dr. Sivana]

"Now children, it is time for you to decide what kind of cats you are going to be.

Tell us, tell us, what kinds of cats there are!"

I love the way the author describes cats as killing billions of "mammals". This is like those British papers describing perps as "Asian", which could mean anything from Singapore to Siberia to India to Afghanistan.

These furry friends dispatch mice, rats, voles, shrews, ground squirrels ... mostly vermin. Few dogs, no sheep, cows, pigs, bears, whales, dolphins, antelopes.

I wonder if these folks are so worried about predators mind wolves killing so many sheep, gazelles, deer, etc?

[Rinnwald]

Nobody is talking about taking your pets away, but there is no reason ordinary people should own these feline killing machines. A reasonable and common-sense plan would involve banning the high clawing capacity Maine Coon, Siamese, and Common Tabby. Everyone could still own a hamster or bird for companionship.

[ShadowAce]

How much do cats actually kill?

[who knows what evil?]

A study taking CATS to task for killing? LOL...talk about the pot calling the kettle black...

[arthurus]

Not just cats! Predators of all types are MURDERING untold numbers of innocent wildlife! Predators should all be eliminated from a civilized world. Their very existence is an example and incentive for MURDEROUS HUMAN HUNTERS and human gun possession! Kill them all- humanely, of course.

[driftless2]

They might kill a lot of birds, but they probably kill equal numbers of rodents (mice, rats,) and other pests as well.

[dforest]

I don’t know, in my neck of the woods the coyotes are killing cats and other critters.

[JoeProBono]