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Your cat is on a killing spree that's destroying the planet; study finds you're in denial about it
OregonLive.com ^ | July 1, 2015 | Douglas Perry

Posted on 07/01/2015 8:36:24 AM PDT by Rio

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1 posted on 07/01/2015 8:36:24 AM PDT by Rio
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To: Rio

Good. Kill those vermin.


2 posted on 07/01/2015 8:37:01 AM PDT by AppyPappy
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My cat didn’t get the memo that he is “cuddly.” He merely tolerates us because we provide a bowl of cat food he may or may not eat..


3 posted on 07/01/2015 8:39:12 AM PDT by pnz1
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I don’t know....I see a lot of cats but also (unfortunately) a lot of rabbits, squirrels and other garden loving critters.


4 posted on 07/01/2015 8:40:17 AM PDT by bkepley
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Not my cat. He spends his days looking handsome. Doesn't need to hunt. He has “staff” (me) to cater to his every need.

These enviro-whackos are totally insane.

5 posted on 07/01/2015 8:40:24 AM PDT by fatnotlazy
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“Though researchers can’t nail down solid data, they fear cats are throwing your neighborhood’s natural wildlife biodiversity out of whack...”

Neighborhoods don’t have “natural wildlife biodiversity”. By their very nature, they are artificial creations shaped by man, with all the associated scavengers, parasites and predators that follow us around and depend on our existence.


6 posted on 07/01/2015 8:40:32 AM PDT by Boogieman
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Cats are pikers when it comes to killing vermin. You want to wipe out some critters, get a Jack Russell.


7 posted on 07/01/2015 8:41:53 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
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First it was global warming we had to worry abouts ..now its global pussy’s


8 posted on 07/01/2015 8:46:53 AM PDT by tophat9000 (SCOTUS=Newspeak)
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Believe it or not, there are also “experts” who have claimed that released fishing worms in some parts of the Great Lakes region have destroyed the forest floors.


9 posted on 07/01/2015 8:47:35 AM PDT by fwdude (The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
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To: Rio

One of the ferals was targeting birds, but we figured out it was only the stupider birds (which also tended to freely poop all over the car), the smarter birds OTOH are flourishing.


10 posted on 07/01/2015 8:48:16 AM PDT by BlackAdderess ("Give me a but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth". --Archimedes)
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We also see lots of other critters. And not finding a bunch of dead ones around the yard or neighborhood. The last two birds that we know our cat caught, he just toyed with them both, and they lived (or went somewhere else to die?).


11 posted on 07/01/2015 8:48:20 AM PDT by NEMDF
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Not the feral around here, she leaves carefully picked little piles of feathers and bones.


12 posted on 07/01/2015 8:52:57 AM PDT by BlackAdderess ("Give me a but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth". --Archimedes)
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To: Rio

Some are better hunters than others.

13 posted on 07/01/2015 8:54:06 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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Hahahahahahaha...looks like my cat! (though he does get mice in the house)


14 posted on 07/01/2015 9:01:52 AM PDT by rlmorel ("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant.)
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We’re seeing more coyotes in my neighborhood, because a large area of woods/brushland was recently cleared to build a new subdivision about a mile away.


15 posted on 07/01/2015 9:03:50 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("And that drummer from that one band whose name I can't remember is also dead."~SamAdams76)
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That’s funny right there!


16 posted on 07/01/2015 9:06:30 AM PDT by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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Though researchers can't nail down solid data...

I stopped reading right there.

17 posted on 07/01/2015 9:09:07 AM PDT by Quality_Not_Quantity (Liars use facts when the truth doesn't suit their purposes.)
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To: Rio

GUILTY !!


18 posted on 07/01/2015 9:09:17 AM PDT by Twinkie
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...they fear cats are throwing your neighborhood's natural wildlife biodiversity out of whack, damaging the long-term prospects of actual wild predators that don't have the option of chowing down on a can of Friskies at the end of a hard day. >

Have their fears prompted any studies or reports showing actual harm to our fragile urban eco-systems?

19 posted on 07/01/2015 9:10:11 AM PDT by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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To: cripplecreek

Jacks are the ultimate killing machine. A Jack on a mission is a sight to behold. If they were bigger they would be the alpha predator on the planet.


20 posted on 07/01/2015 9:12:36 AM PDT by Himyar (Sessions: the only real man in D.C.)
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