[Mercat]

Mr. Mercat has been known to say that bird seed is cheaper than cat food. And that the welfare birds need a predator to keep them healthy.

[jmacusa]

With little change to their overall design, cats and their kin have lived on this Earth for 14 million years. Go back that far and our species was a lemur-like thing living in a tree. They're the ultimate predator doing what the Good Lord intended them to do. If they weren't out there keeping the rodent and vermin population in check the enviro-nuts would be screaming about that.

[Little Ray]

I really don’t have a problem with cats killing squirrels, mice, lizards, etc. Cats are probably doing us a favor by killing such vermin.

We are less pleased with them killing birds and we drew the line at humming birds. After they killed one hummingbird and I rescued another, we got rid of the hummingbird feeder. We love hummingbirds, but baiting them in reach of our cats isn’t fair.

Maybe we’ll put one down in Florida. No cats there.

[Dizzy Lizzy]

My cat killed a lot of moles last summer! Good cat.

[Fiji Hill]

[bkepley]

Well something took my cat not long ago so I guess what comes around goes around.

[windcliff]

ping

[fattigermaster]

When liberals sob tears for the death of rats it's because when they study vermin they see themselves...and they look at conservatives as those higher up on the food chain.

Celebrate and release the Kitteh Within. Cats are not the problem. Demon Rats are the problem.

WE R THE CATZ YUR RAT MUTHAS WARND YOU BOUT

DIE LIBRAT DIE BY KITTEH KLAWZ FROM HEL, DIE!!

And den Ime steelin dat Subway Tuney Sub I Smellz

[boatbums]

Let's not forget that those "mammals" include pests such as mice and rats which means the cat is helping mankind. As for the "birds", they have a built-in advantage in that they can fly - cats can't - so those that are caught were not the swiftest in the flock (survival of the fittest, anyone?). Even though I am totally against letting pets wander outside, those that are strays STILL have to eat and plenty of these same prey animals get eaten by other birds (hawks, eagles, etc.) so it is NOT all the fault of the kittehs. Mine are well fed and STRICTLY indoors only. We do our part, I wish others did theirs as well.

[Fawn]

Fuzzy math on cats, birds clouds highly questionable ‘study’