They look harmless enough but I am here to tell you that if I were smaller than this animal, she would kill me in an instant.
Cats are killing machines, even the domestic cats we keep as pets, like my cat, Tiger, who sleeps 23 hours a day.
"Nationwide, cats kill over a billion small mammals and millions of birds each year. Some of these kills are house mice, rats and other species considered pests, but many are native songbirds and mammals whose populations are already stressed by other factors, such as habitat destruction and pesticide pollution."
Here in St. Paul there isn’t any law against letting kitty roam free. There is wildlife here in the city, not just the two legged kind either. In fact over the weekend I saw a deer strolling down the street. I have also seen bald eagles, falcons a red fox, and numerous species of song bird.
I have also seen birds, and rabbits ruthlessly slaughtered by the cats that roam the neighborhood. Not a pretty site. I hear the baby rabbit scream, while the cat pounces as I try to enjoy my morning coffee on the back porch.
Maybe rabbits are considered pests, but I don’t think songbirds are pesky at all.
Some of the cats get hit by cars, and some have scars from fights with other free range cats. I am not so sure that freedom is all that great for cats.
I think these little murders should be kept in the house, and out of harms way.
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I agree with you that these little animals should be kept in the houses.In the house they can be trained to obey simple commands.You can communicate with the cats as they use variety of body language for communication including meowing,growling,purring.So gradually this little animal becomes one of your family mambers.
You forgot to mention that these little murderers also defecate freely in your vegetable garden or on your lawn, and their “stuff” is 10 times more rancid than dog poop. I find it incredibly insensitive when people let their cats run free in the neighborhood. Thanks for having the guts to say so on your blog.
Chuck
I can’t stand cats: even though my last name means “cat” in Spanish.. but I can’t stand cats. Neither does my Scottish Terrier.
Agree with Chuck – hate kitty poop on the lawn. It is especially annoying when the culprit is not even your own cat. You would not expect to clean up after someone else’s dog, so why do you have to after someone else’s cat?
However that said cats are natural roamers and hunters. And whilst I too hate the thought of losing songbirds and other wildlife as cat’s playthings, it is after all part of mother nature – as cruel as she is sometimes.
funny!!little murderers also defecate freely in your vegetable garden or on your lawn.