Title: Very strange blog on Cats and how many birds they kill per year
Post by: Donna on 09-May-13, 08:52:19 AM
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/cats_actually_kill (http://theoatmeal.com/comics/cats_actually_kill)
Title: Re: Very strange blog on Cats and how many birds they kill per year
Post by: MAK on 09-May-13, 02:24:16 PM
:o Actually, I'm not shocked at all. Cats are natural born killers domestic or otherwise. It's what they do! :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Very strange blog on Cats and how many birds they kill per year
Post by: Tokira on 09-May-13, 02:53:59 PM
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/cats_actually_kill (http://theoatmeal.com/comics/cats_actually_kill)
What a nasty little Hit Piece! Felines are natural predators, as are Canines, carnivorous Reptiles and Amphibians, and Birds. Someone apparently thinks this thing is funny. It's on the same level as PETA's "Your Mommy Kills Animals" "comic" book.
Disgusted,
Carol
WV
Title: Re: Very strange blog on Cats and how many birds they kill per year
Post by: Donna on 09-May-13, 04:19:16 PM
Yes, this blew my mind. Had to post to show how crazy this all is! Was in poor taste!
Title: Re: Very strange blog on Cats and how many birds they kill per year
Post by: Patti from Kentucky on 13-May-13, 01:26:50 AM
That post did go overboard...but the research is serious...and cats' impact on birds and other wildlife is substantial. It's one of the reasons I keep my little killers indoors (that and it's better for their health).
Title: Re: Very strange blog on Cats and how many birds they kill per year
Post by: Tokira on 13-May-13, 10:46:01 AM
That post did go overboard...but the research is serious...and cats' impact on birds and other wildlife is substantial. It's one of the reasons I keep my little killers indoors (that and it's better for their health).
Free-roaming cats' greatest impact is is on small rodents, not birds. Healthy birds can, after all, FLY. The myth that cats bear the primary responsibility for bird decreases is exactly that, a myth. Habitat destruction is a much more significant cause. Even the ubiquitous Whitetail Deer has been videoed eating eggs and nestlings. The most widely touted "study" blaming cats was produced by the woman in DC who was convicted of trying to poison feral cats. For the record; I keep my own cats inside as well, for their own safety, and fervently wish others would do the same.
Carol
WV
Title: Re: Very strange blog on Cats and how many birds they kill per year
Post by: Nonny on 17-May-13, 08:13:08 PM
That post did go overboard...but the research is serious...and cats' impact on birds and other wildlife is substantial. It's one of the reasons I keep my little killers indoors (that and it's better for their health).
As do I.
Title: Re: Very strange blog on Cats and how many birds they kill per year
Post by: Bird Crazy on 18-May-13, 10:07:33 AM
That post did go overboard...but the research is serious...and cats' impact on birds and other wildlife is substantial. It's one of the reasons I keep my little killers indoors (that and it's better for their health).
As do I.
Title: Re: Very strange blog on Cats and how many birds they kill per year
Post by: Donna on 18-May-13, 04:05:21 PM
Unfortunately, I have porch cats and so far, in all the years I have had them, they killed 4 birds, that I know of. I'm always on their A$$e$ when they stalk my feeder. I am mouse free and have been for years! My indoor cats do NOT go out and when they did, they were in a cat tube. Nothing worse then seeing a cat with a bird in it's mouth. Most of the birds around my feeder know the cats are here and signal when they approach. It's hard when you love both cats and birds, well, all animals for me. :heart: