All you have to do is volunteer for one week at a wildlife rehab ...and you can never again allow that beautiful beloved pet “monster” outdoors again.
And the study with the video cam on their bodies was such a shock because it was done on all fully fed, happy “lazy” pet cats. One of the owners in the study couldn’t take it after the 3rd day and removed her pet cat from the research , after she was so shocked at what her sweet docile kitty was really up to when he was outside for just a few hours! Believe me it is not just feral cats ....it is all domestic cats.
Using the argument; it’s just Natural Selection, has serious flaws . Catching birds and other animals is yes what cats do. They are after all actually like little panthers.
We have choices...protect from predation by cats, or not protect.
Anyone who still thinks it is natural selection, might consider this:
Wild birds,evolved alongside predators for millions of years ... they co-exist in places like North America along with raccoons, fox, bobcat, and raptors etc. .
Now, let’s look at the natural predators. Their populations are only so large there are only so many raptors, bobcats, coyotes, etc. per square mile, and therefore, only so many not as careful birds that will be killed .
Now, into this existing system with no helping hand to the predators , let’s throw in for fun the domestic cat, man’s creation . Birds have had no time to adapt to this fierce hunter that hunts night or day, with something like often as many as 100’s of cats per square mile in urban areas.
Think of the domestic cat as an introduced species . A mini-panther. Currently laws allow them to roam everywhere.
But the truth is can we continue to still really think having a little “panther” cat out traveling everywhere is still a good idea ?
