06-08-2015, 06:26 AM
They are in every way the world's worst choice as a bio-contol if you look at it objectively.
i have to say that has certainly not been my experience over the years.
i live in an area where native birds dominate, almost exclusively so. not once have i seen any evidence of a native bird being taken by my own or the other cats in the neighborhood, seriously. the flourishing native birds in these parts are fast and stay up in the tree tops for the most part. they just don't hang around within reach of cats. the only carcasses and remains i ever find are that of the very occasional mouse or rat, maybe a salamander every once in awhile, perhaps some dove feathers once in a long while. my cat seems to enjoy a gaming charge at a roaming pheasant now and then, but the pheasants don't seem very traumatized.
i have to say that has certainly not been my experience over the years.
i live in an area where native birds dominate, almost exclusively so. not once have i seen any evidence of a native bird being taken by my own or the other cats in the neighborhood, seriously. the flourishing native birds in these parts are fast and stay up in the tree tops for the most part. they just don't hang around within reach of cats. the only carcasses and remains i ever find are that of the very occasional mouse or rat, maybe a salamander every once in awhile, perhaps some dove feathers once in a long while. my cat seems to enjoy a gaming charge at a roaming pheasant now and then, but the pheasants don't seem very traumatized.