My crazy Fuji just wants to make friends with them. She brought us a bird that fell out of a nest once. She brought another one, and then let it go (alive) when it was time to come in. I have caught her a few times with the hamster, but she has never hurt her. I suppose she just doesn't realize that she is a hunter!
Sent from my iPhone On Mar 23, 2011, at 9:16 AM, create_me_...@yahoo.com wrote: > I have ferals & the birds seem smart enough to stay out of my yard. > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: LauraM <hingebacktorto...@yahoo.com> > Sender: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:56:46 > To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> > Reply-To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Keep Cats Indoors > > Yes, the number one cause of bird extinction is habitat loss, but cats are #2. > There's a well-known study that was conducted on a couple of adjacent beaches > in California, one with a feral cat population and one without. The beach > that is home to feral cats has no birds - remember that most shorebirds are > ground nesters - while the cat-free beach supports a healthy bird population. > Of course, our birds have natural predators - some raptors such as red-tailed > hawks prey mostly on birds. Kingsnakes and rat snakes are known for feasting > on eggs and hatchlings. But this is natural predation & so things are kept in > balance. Throw in a highly efficient predator such as a cat and the balance > changes. > > --- On Tue, 3/22/11, SomeWhere Sam <sin...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > From: SomeWhere Sam <sin...@sbcglobal.net> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Keep Cats Indoors > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 4:36 PM > > > Sorry but that information is outdated or biased. > > The number one killer of birds is humans due to habitat loss or construction > for > same. > > Humans: The Number One Threat to Birds > http://www.alleycat.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=325 > > SomeWhere Sam > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Bonnie Hogue <ho...@sonic.net> > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Sent: Tue, March 22, 2011 2:37:38 PM > Subject: [Felvtalk] Keep Cats Indoors > > In the newspaper today: > > House cats are the #1 predator of wild birds. The American Bird Conservancy > estimates up to 500 million birds per year are killed by cats. About 400,000 > are killed yearly by wind turbines (less than 20% of the number killed by > cats). So now we have another reason to keep our cats indoors -- not only > for > their own health and safety, but for that of our BIRD population! > Save the cats and the birds: Keep Your Cat Indoors! > ~Bonnie > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
