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Mighty few cats die by munching moles.
Coyotes are far more likely to kill cats.
This happens with human help:wherever humans wiped wolves out coyotes took over.
And then global warming may have also encouraged coyotes to move much farther north.
If they did become "invasive" they only did it with at least two kinds of human help.
Same thing with cats-global warming lets THEM proliferate much farther north than they otherwise could have.
And larger predators don't reduce these multiplying cats' numbers in areas where cats have become most of the predators that we left alive.
So,what do we do?
We argue a lot;and not only here.
However,I would say that three neutered cats are going to find sufficient space in one carport for much longer than a breeding group will.
Or sufficient space in any of the many spaces where feral neuters live now.
Although "Trap,neuter,release" is not a perfect solution it is more realistic than pontificating at people who don't appreciate this:
especially when the pontificators claim that cats "exterminate" bird species without at least two kinds of human help.
The habitat destruction humans do can compell birds to nest in places where predators can get at them...if poisoned bugs or confusing expanses of glass or blinding lights on migration nights (and I could go on) haven't tricked them to death before cats could catch them.
Although some people think far otherwise:
It is not all the cats' fault.
Coyotes are far more likely to kill cats.
This happens with human help:wherever humans wiped wolves out coyotes took over.
And then global warming may have also encouraged coyotes to move much farther north.
If they did become "invasive" they only did it with at least two kinds of human help.
Same thing with cats-global warming lets THEM proliferate much farther north than they otherwise could have.
And larger predators don't reduce these multiplying cats' numbers in areas where cats have become most of the predators that we left alive.
So,what do we do?
We argue a lot;and not only here.
However,I would say that three neutered cats are going to find sufficient space in one carport for much longer than a breeding group will.
Or sufficient space in any of the many spaces where feral neuters live now.
Although "Trap,neuter,release" is not a perfect solution it is more realistic than pontificating at people who don't appreciate this:
especially when the pontificators claim that cats "exterminate" bird species without at least two kinds of human help.
The habitat destruction humans do can compell birds to nest in places where predators can get at them...if poisoned bugs or confusing expanses of glass or blinding lights on migration nights (and I could go on) haven't tricked them to death before cats could catch them.
Although some people think far otherwise:
It is not all the cats' fault.