Okay, I can see why from a scientific perspective one might want to put a mini-cam collar on a cat and allow ot to roam around outside while recording its activities -- perhaps one could file this under ethology -- but does one really want to look in to the dark void that is the mind of a cat? Well, some folks can't help themselves and they're reporting this research at the Ecological Society of America meeting; see: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-08-06/house-cats-kill/56831262/1
The video clip associated with the article is a little misleading though it does give examples of what the "Kitty Kam" records. However, quoting from the article: |The carnage cuts across species. Lizards, snakes and frogs made |up 41% of the animals killed, Loyd and fellow researcher Sonia Hernandez |found. Mammals such as chipmunks and voles were 25%, insects |and worms 20% and birds 12%. Killing birds is a particular problem as noted in the article: |Wildlife advocates say it is a frightening level of feline foul play. Based |on a U.S. house-cat population of 74 million, "cat predation is one of |the reasons why one in three American birds species are in decline," |says George Fenwick, president of American Bird Conservancy. NOTE: it appears that the mini-cams were only put on the cats when they went outdoors and not while in the house. I wonder what one might have seen if the mini-cam was on 24/7? Cats drawing blood from the toes of their owners for use in some satanic ritual? ;-) -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=19564 or send a blank email to leave-19564-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
