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chrish
at Fri May 12 22:58:26 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by chrish ]
I have never seen any studies that implicated cats feral or otherwise as being as significant a detriment to native species of wildlife the way introduced species and even collectors have been.
I am actually a cat lover. I have two old cats and they do get out into the back yard, but they don't leave the yard. One of them has killed a few small rodents, a squirrel, and numerous Med. Geckos. (I don't mind the med geckos, as I hate all non-native species. I round up med geckos whenever I need snake food for a picky feeder).
That said, you can't have looked very far to find research into the impacts of feral cat predation. There are hundreds of such studies, with contradictory results. Try searching google scholar and you will find lots of references.
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas
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- I find it strange... - rhallman, Fri May 12 15:08:07 2006
- RE: I find it strange... - repzoo44, Fri May 12 16:44:52 2006
- RE: I find it strange... - markg, Fri May 12 17:30:47 2006
- Ok Ill bite...... - Hotshot, Fri May 12 17:47:37 2006
- RE: Ok Ill bite...... - SlitheringHerps, Fri May 12 18:31:16 2006
- RE: Ok Ill bite...... - repzoo44, Fri May 12 18:35:32 2006
- Well Brian - rhallman, Fri May 12 18:41:07 2006
- RE: Well Brian - Hotshot, Fri May 12 19:24:51 2006
- more - rhallman, Fri May 12 21:34:08 2006
 RE: more - chrish, Fri May 12 22:58:26 2006- RE: more - LarryF, Sat May 13 00:38:56 2006
- RE: more - rhallman, Sat May 13 11:13:50 2006
- RE: more - Hotshot, Sat May 13 08:00:11 2006
- RE: more - rhallman, Sat May 13 11:17:48 2006
- RE: Feral cats and digesting post - mchambers, Sat May 13 08:05:48 2006
- Great Posts - AJCrader, Mon May 15 08:32:45 2006
- Ah...the can of worms is open yet again! - Nicodemus, Mon May 15 10:29:43 2006
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