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.

[mmichaels1970]

Ban assault cats!

[knittnmom]

We’re proud of our cat’s feline hunting skills! She once killed a small rabbit, even though she was on a leash at the time, and her front paws are declawed. She can spot a mouse from across the yard, catch it, kill it bloodlessly, and take it back to her tent to eat in leass than a minute.

[jagusafr]

Ban cats! Just kiddin’, hon!

[Doogle]

"I didn't get fat and lazy chasing Greyhounds. Birds are stooopid and mice are fun to play with"

[WinMod70]

Any mention of some sort of a cash bounty in the study?

[Puppage]

[KC_Lion]

[I want the USA back]

The next step is.......? Ban cats? When cats are banned, only lawbreakers will have cats.

[RoadGumby]

How soon before we hear of Cat Turn Ins for gift cards?

[The KG9 Kid]

"... Birds native to the US, such as the American Robin, were most at risk, and mice, shrews, voles, squirrels and rabbits were the mammals most likely to be killed."

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

Everything's destroying the planet, even HOUSECATS, yet.

Hippies at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute have too much time and funding. Defund them.

[Puppage]

They’re just killing the animals ordinary American cats won’t.

[Timber Rattler]

Idiots:

Killing cats to restore island backfires as rabbits take over

Attempt to Control Invasive Species Backfires Spectacularly on an Antarctic Island

[Rockingham]

Nature is beginning to provide a remedy in the form of coyotes, which find cats a useful suburban food source.

[RoosterRedux]

MY CATS ALONE

[svcw]

Cats kill and eat birds.
Cats kill and eat rodents.
Cats kill and eat lizards/small snakes.
They are cats, that’s what they do that’s who they are.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

I feel already dumber just from having read this.

[Nachum]

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

[1_Rain_Drop]

Let’s discuss windmills and birds.

[rlmorel]

Cats aren’t making a dent in robins that I can see...and mice, shrews and voles...aren’t those...rodents?