Mannlicher
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I have to say, I am all for it.
I have to say, I am all for it.
YES. Cats are not native and they definitely affect the population of native birds AND OTHER WILDLIFE such as lizards, snakes and assorted other small animals in a major and negative way. The "messing with mother nature" was when cats were imported--not killing them off now. It's not a matter of saving mother nature from herself, it's a matter of saving her from those who allowed feral cats to proliferate.Do they threaten the balance of nature of songbird reproduction compared to the other various factors that effect the population of said "songbirds".
Exactly--the regulation of animal populations is a matter for the game commision--who regulates hunting. Therefore a hunting law would seem to be the ideal way to regulate the population of feral cats. Self-defense, as you pointed out, has little or nothing to do with hunting or the regulation of animal populations.Stray dogs are known to kill HUMANS, and yet hunting them was not proposed. ...we're talking hunting here.
has estimated that between 7.8 million and 219 million birds are killed by rural cats in Wisconsin each year.
Yeah, but even the small side of the wide margin is way too large.theres quite a margin there.
Estimates between 7.8 million and 219 million songbirds killed by cats.
My cat is afraid of the outdoors because she's never been outside. You know, to keep herOhio Annie said:don't think pet cats should necessarily be kept indoors all the time as this is not their nature
Anyway, as far as I can tell, nearly ALL pets are disinclined to have their movement restricted. If you take the approach that restricting the movement of a pet should be avoided because it is "against their nature" then you pretty much have to say that HAVING pets should be avoided because it is not the nature of animals to be pets and/or have their movement restricted.JohnKSa said:from getting run over, catching diseases, irritating the neighbors, killing birds, lizards or other wildlife, getting chewed on by other cats, chewing on other cats, or getting eaten by feral dogs or coyotes. I guess that seems pretty unreasonable to some...
12-34hom said:If you saw a cat killing a sparrow or starling, is that enough justification to kill said cat?