[goldstategop]

But they keep varmints in line and earn their keep so to speak.

[PeteB570]

Not too many Barns full of rats in Suburbia.

Feral Cats around here put a big hit on birds.

I had to move my bird feeder inside the back fence with the dogs. Neighborhood cats were targeting the birds before I moved it.

[Twinkie]

Wait until they start having a terrible rodent problem. Cats hunt their own eats. Plus, rodents are harder to hit with a shotgun.

[kara37]

I started seeing rat pop in my barn, so I got a couple of feral cats from a place that fixes them and returns them to the wild.

I was told that if I kept them in a cage for about a month, they would consider my barn their home and wouldn't run away.

It worked like a charm, they hang around the barn and keep it rodent free. They have actually become pretty friendly too.
I tell them all the time, "Okay, I'll feed you, but I better not see any rats." LOL

I think using them as barn cats is a good way to save a lot of these animals. Every barn I have been to either has cats or rats. Most people prefer cats.

[TnGOP]

But they keep varmints in line and earn their keep so to speak.

One of my kitties brought me 3 dead mice in ONE day last week. Good Kitty!

[Americanexpat]

I remember driving around Rodman Naval Station in Panama while on patrol and I saw about two hundred cats behind the mess hall and next to a warehouse where they lived. They were a real problem and we tried everything to get rid of them. Then one night I noticed they were all gone so I congratulated the public works officer for getting rid of them but he denied doing it. Then a week later as I was driving by the mess hall I saw a Jaguar stalking a cat and then I knew what happened to all the strays.