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Cats prey on young birds, rabbits & other newborn wildlife

Cat killing bird. Photo by Flickr user Andrew Currie used under a Creative Commons License.
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Just received the following information (below) from The Wildlife Society (TWS) and the American Bird Conservancy (ABC). Please read it carefully and think about it. The lives of our cats, young birds, rabbits, squirrels, and other wild creatures are important.

We need to do all we can to make sure they are safe. Thanks for caring. /Gary
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Posted on Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Under: Babies, Birds, Cats, Cats killing wildlife | 5 Comments »

Cat hunting study: Special tags measure how often cats kill

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My friend Pat Keeble in Martinez regularly reads many British newspapers. She also passes along some pretty interesting subjects as they come up. Like this one below. /Gary

Electronic tracking will test scientists’ theory that Britain’s 9 million feline pets slay 150 million animals a year.
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Posted on Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
Under: Birds, Cats, Cats killing wildlife, Wildlife | 4 Comments »