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Feral Cats Kill Birds

  1. Rosemary Drisdelle

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1.   Jan 7, 2007 6:27 AM

» Feature Writer Rosemary Drisdelle - Feral Cats

In response to Feral Cats posted by fatbirder:


I don't think we are at cross purposes here - the literature I've read indicates that trap-neuter-release works better to reduce the numbers of feral cats because it prevents the "overflowing bathtub" situation where more cats just pour over into an eradicated area, breed unchecked and restore the former numbers. I would be most interested to read any solid documentation that refutes this. Eradication has only worked on islands where new arrivals can be prevented. I don't think it's reasonable to suggest that we can eradicate hundreds of millions of feral cats overnight - how would this be accomplished? For the moment, isn't a 50% reduction (see my recent article http://birds.suite101.com/article.cfm/fe... in feral cats better than no reduction, given that North American society as a whole is - so far - not with the program?

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