Cats killing billions?

[Andy BB]

Originally Posted by Bushwhacker
"I'd wager that 'bird on bird' accounts for more deaths than 'cat on bird'."

Santaman
"I'll take that bet"

Nah - no such thing as meat-eating birds - sparrowhawk for example just refers to the size of its appetite...

 

[ged]

So how would you control population? Human kind that is.

What chance is there of controlling the population when we can't even control our own government spending?

 

[BJJJ]

It's a certain fact that for every person who dislikes cats there is one who dislikes dogs and so on. Some people who rant about cats killing wildlife are quite happy to tolerate hunting of wildlife by humans. This sort of thing is emotive and seal culling where images of baby seals being clubbed are used by organisations to stop the practice are promoted yet deer or badger culls are seen as necessary.
I think everyone can take a stance on any of these issues for or against but to expect others to be converted to their own views is both naive and egotistical and I would have thought like football and religion a pretty pointless topic of discussion.

 

[_mark_]

I lost any faith in common sense when they banned my dogs from hunting what they are born to hunt! Now I see like breeds wearing pretty coats in all weathers, owned by park poseurs who rarely let them run; be warned cat owners, your moggys are next! They will have to be tethered at night and if the catch a bird you will be prosecuted and fined!