Amethyst
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For one thing, birds can fly, and cats can't. There's a reason why we can hear the many birds on our heavily-treed property, but seldom see them except when they zip from tree to tree.
I love birds, but have never understood why some people get all riled up specifically about cats killing birds - considering the dangerous life that all wild birds lead, constantly in peril from other (predatory) birds, foxes and other predators, including even some humans.
The indoor/outdoor cats I have known, brought their catches home to display: field mice, moles, the occasional baby rabbit, only the very occasional bird. And I watched said cats gobble up all sorts of insects like they were candy.
I love birds, but have never understood why some people get all riled up specifically about cats killing birds - considering the dangerous life that all wild birds lead, constantly in peril from other (predatory) birds, foxes and other predators, including even some humans.
The indoor/outdoor cats I have known, brought their catches home to display: field mice, moles, the occasional baby rabbit, only the very occasional bird. And I watched said cats gobble up all sorts of insects like they were candy.
The number of birds killed by cats is likely much lower than the Audubon folks would like you to believe. The quoted number is based on extrapolation not on scientific observation.