Sorry cat lovers...it's fact. Cats are responsible for huge declines in native songbirds. Keep your cats indoors please! You are subjecting your pet to disease, cars, parasites and pissed off conservationists like myself.

I completely agree with the two previous comments about keeping cats as indoor pets. But I also think that the long-standing riff between cat-lovers and bird-lovers is laregly due to feral cat populations, and TNR only provides a (not-so-promising) long-term solution but culling the population is widely unpopular amongst the cat-loving crowd. Still, it's important to be an all-round responsible pet owner: leash your animal, supervise your animal outdoors, spay & neuter all pets!

I agree. In our neighborhood, every spring & summer, I hear the cries of teeny tiny bunnies being stolen from their nests by cats that are allowed to roam. I know people consider it "survival of the fittest" and just part of nature, but it's sickening to actually watch a cat stalk a little baby rabbit and run off with it in his mouth. And then the cats go back home in the morning, to rest up for the next night's hunt. They should absolutely be kept inside. It's a fact that cats live much longer, healthier lives if they are not allowed outside. I can attest to that with my 21 year old kitty.

Agree with all of the previous comments. Responsible pet owners keep their pets leased when outdoors. People who let their cats roam free are irresponsible.

Really people with everything going on in the world this is really a topic...its called the circle of life!

I love letting my cat go kill a few! Darwinism at work! My cat is solely responsible for solving my mouse problem. The mice got scared, I didn't have to put out poison, as Mr. Cat took care of business. Of course, he got a few rabbits and birds too and brought them home to show off. He's a natural born killer.

Cats will be cats. Its the people you have to look out for.
Get a hobby.

Buy the cat a hat, kids will love it.