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Cats Killing Billions of Animals In The US (your tax dollars at work)
BBC News ^ | 29 January 2013 Last updated at 11:25 ET | By Rebecca Morelle

Posted on 01/29/2013 11:04:19 AM PST by drewh

Edited on 01/29/2013 11:19:22 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

Cats are one of the top threats to US wildlife, killing billions of animals each year, a study suggests.

The authors estimate they are responsible for the deaths of between 1.4 and 3.7 billion birds and 6.9-20.7 billion mammals annually.


(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: assaultcats; badkittehs; banassaultcats; cats; kittyping; wildlife
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1 posted on 01/29/2013 11:04:25 AM PST by drewh
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To: drewh
Ban assault cats!


2 posted on 01/29/2013 11:07:30 AM PST by mmichaels1970
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To: drewh; Ellendra

We’re proud of our cat’s feline hunting skills! She once killed a small rabbit, even though she was on a leash at the time, and her front paws are declawed. She can spot a mouse from across the yard, catch it, kill it bloodlessly, and take it back to her tent to eat in leass than a minute.


3 posted on 01/29/2013 11:07:53 AM PST by knittnmom (Save the earth! It's the only planet with chocolate!)
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To: drewh

Ban cats! Just kiddin’, hon!


4 posted on 01/29/2013 11:08:43 AM PST by jagusafr (the American Trinity (Liberty, In G0D We Trust, E Pluribus Unum))
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To: drewh

"I didn't get fat and lazy chasing Greyhounds. Birds are stooopid and mice are fun to play with"

5 posted on 01/29/2013 11:09:04 AM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: drewh

Any mention of some sort of a cash bounty in the study?


6 posted on 01/29/2013 11:10:21 AM PST by WinMod70
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7 posted on 01/29/2013 11:10:21 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: drewh; Slings and Arrows


8 posted on 01/29/2013 11:10:58 AM PST by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
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To: drewh

The next step is.......? Ban cats? When cats are banned, only lawbreakers will have cats.


9 posted on 01/29/2013 11:11:04 AM PST by I want the USA back
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To: drewh

How soon before we hear of Cat Turn Ins for gift cards?


10 posted on 01/29/2013 11:11:34 AM PST by RoadGumby (This is not where I belong, Take this world and give me Jesus.)
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"... Birds native to the US, such as the American Robin, were most at risk, and mice, shrews, voles, squirrels and rabbits were the mammals most likely to be killed."

"At Risk" voles, for crying out loud? Oh good grief.

Everything's destroying the planet, even HOUSECATS, yet.

Hippies at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute have too much time and funding. Defund them.

11 posted on 01/29/2013 11:11:34 AM PST by The KG9 Kid (Bring back the booby hatches.)
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To: drewh

They’re just killing the animals ordinary American cats won’t.


12 posted on 01/29/2013 11:12:03 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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Idiots:

Killing cats to restore island backfires as rabbits take over

Attempt to Control Invasive Species Backfires Spectacularly on an Antarctic Island

13 posted on 01/29/2013 11:12:23 AM PST by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: drewh

Nature is beginning to provide a remedy in the form of coyotes, which find cats a useful suburban food source.


14 posted on 01/29/2013 11:12:39 AM PST by Rockingham
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To: drewh

MY CATS ALONE

15 posted on 01/29/2013 11:13:06 AM PST by RoosterRedux (Get armed, practice in the use of your weapons, get physically fit, stay alert!)
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To: drewh

Cats kill and eat birds.
Cats kill and eat rodents.
Cats kill and eat lizards/small snakes.
They are cats, that’s what they do that’s who they are.


16 posted on 01/29/2013 11:13:29 AM PST by svcw (Why is one cell on another planet considered life, and in the womb it is not.)
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To: drewh

I feel already dumber just from having read this.


17 posted on 01/29/2013 11:13:37 AM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: drewh

Last year Los Angeles County Animal Services took in over 3,800 cats. Approx 3,000 of which were killed.


18 posted on 01/29/2013 11:14:47 AM PST by Nachum (The Obama "List" at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: drewh

Let’s discuss windmills and birds.


19 posted on 01/29/2013 11:15:46 AM PST by 1_Rain_Drop
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To: The KG9 Kid

Cats aren’t making a dent in robins that I can see...and mice, shrews and voles...aren’t those...rodents?


20 posted on 01/29/2013 11:16:15 AM PST by rlmorel (1793 French Jacobins and 2012 American Liberals have a lot in common.)
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