Smithsonian Study Reveals the Murderous Habits of Cats
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I blame the guns and vidya games for turning our beloved pwecious wittle kittens into vicious little murderers.
In all seriousness, cats hunt for small animals all the time. Always have, always will. I've seen plenty of small dead mice and moles that my best friend's cat would kill and bring into the sun room to show it off. Why this comes as a shock to anyone is beyond me.
In all seriousness, cats hunt for small animals all the time. Always have, always will. I've seen plenty of small dead mice and moles that my best friend's cat would kill and bring into the sun room to show it off. Why this comes as a shock to anyone is beyond me.
Ed130 said:
Simple: Because mice, rats, and various other vermin that are prodigious multipliers, incredibly destructive in high numbers, and famous for carrying diseases that can cross species barriers. A rat can chew through brick, concrete, even solid steel; when they do, they find food, make themselves at home, and start making babies (up to 24 babies per female every month. do the math)Nachtmahr said:
Cats like very much to hunt such creatures & are very good at it.
It has been documented that increased euthanizing of stray cats is swiftly followed by an explosion in rodent populations
Damn it stop wasting our money on these pointless studies! >.<
All cat owners and home owners with feral cat population on the block already know this. All the headless birds/squirrels on the porch is testament to this.
All cat owners and home owners with feral cat population on the block already know this. All the headless birds/squirrels on the porch is testament to this.
Nothing is going extinct so I don't see the problem. Unless everyone wants a sudden and massive increase in disease carrying vermin No? Okay then.
Also for every cat I have had that's been a super hunter I have had a cat who couldn't find it's butt with it's paws.
Also for every cat I have had that's been a super hunter I have had a cat who couldn't find it's butt with it's paws.
If there was a huge increase in cats you might have had a point but there isn't, numbers of both predator, prey and related species have been consistent in number.CrossLOPER said:
Therefore it isn't a problem.
Cats have as much right to live as anything else.
Also they take their own collars off, which is a pain
Have you ever seen a feral cat up close? I have. They are skittish at best. At worst, they are downright aggressive. You cannot, nor should you want to, adopt them. If you catch them, fix them, then return them, they cannot reproduce and that will lead to an eventual decline in the population. True domestic cats live for about 15 years, ferals live for half that, so it doesn't take long for the population to decline and potentially even disappear.Ed130 said:
Unless your question was pertaining to releasing them. The "wild" you refer to is actually wherever they were caught. My family did this exact thing with a few ferals some years back. They live in a semi-rural suburb (oh the contradictions!), so it isn't as though the cats are sent into the middle of nowhere. Also, having them around means that the neighborhood has never had a rodent problem.
Fixed for you.Zachary Amaranth said:
OT: This further proves my lifelong assertion that cats do NOT make good pets. More like cult-leaders.
No, someone whose government utilises a multiple vector control plan that targets all pests and who have cleared out several offshore islands as well as some mainland sanctuaries of all invasive species.Zombie_Moogle said:
Also if you bothered to read the entire article Zombie Moogle, it states that most of the cats hunting efforts catch natives instead of pests like rats and mice.
JonB said:
Fappy said:
It's true...
Anyway, I am with the Alley Cat Allies on this here. Make it so the ownerless cats can't make any more kittens, and then just let them be.
Cats are awesome, but the problem with them that we don't usually get with other animals is that they will kill even when they are fed, and not hungry. That said, the last time we got rid of a lot of cats, 1/3 of Europe died of the black death. Just saying, cats do these things for good reasons, but yes we don't need them to
Cats are still awesome!
If you gave that statement a bit more thought, you might've realized that native rodents can be and often are just as destructive.Ed130 said:
Ever been a roommate to a family of squirrels? Well let me tell you, native rodent species can destroy property same as any other
The breeding of animals is one of the oldest human traditions for a reason
I prefer dogs, but they can be similarly vicious. My old dog once triumphantly came prancing up to me covered in blood as the mangled corpses of three possums lie scattered about the yard. I'd seen him play with animal corpses in the past. Perfectly lovable to humans and babies mind. I mean, there's a reason they make so many dog toys resemble the corpses of small critters.Raggedstar said:
That said, yeah, cats definitely win the battle of sadism overall.
