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Lamplighter · 09-10-2013, 08:43 AM

trap - neuter - release

I once read that a feral cat accounted for 1600 birds a year (~ 3 a day).
That seems quite high to me, and they certainly fed on other animals.
So the number must be lower.
But even if it is ~ 1/day, maybe 300 birds a year might be closer.

So there is a 4-way fight between the cat-lovers, the bird-lovers,
the dog-lovers, and the "get-out -of-my-yard" people.
Then just to add some spice to the mix, the "love-all-animals" people
and the "don't-dump-your-unwanted-kittens-here" people and the
"Sorry Mam/Sir, We just don't have the resources to keep all the stray cats".

"trap - neuter - release" - it's a concept that certainly makes for happy neighbors.

09-10-2013, 08:43 AM	#6
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	trap - neuter - release I once read that a feral cat accounted for 1600 birds a year (~ 3 a day). That seems quite high to me, and they certainly fed on other animals. So the number must be lower. But even if it is ~ 1/day, maybe 300 birds a year might be closer. So there is a 4-way fight between the cat-lovers, the bird-lovers, the dog-lovers, and the "get-out -of-my-yard" people. Then just to add some spice to the mix, the "love-all-animals" people and the "don't-dump-your-unwanted-kittens-here" people and the "Sorry Mam/Sir, We just don't have the resources to keep all the stray cats". "trap - neuter - release" - it's a concept that certainly makes for happy neighbors.