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  2. Cat predation on wildlife - Wikipedia

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    In a 2020 study, approximately 300,000 domestic cats in Cape Town kill 27.5 million animals a year; this equates to a cat killing 90 animals per year. Cats on the urban edge of the city of Cape Town kill more than 200,000 animals in the Table Mountain National Park annually. Reptiles constituted 50% of killed prey, but only 17% of prey brought ...

  3. How to stop cats killing birds and keep the peace in your ...

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    12 Pack Scat Mats | Amazon. These mats provide a deterrent without hurting your pets. You can place them underneath a bird feeder to stop your cat getting close enough to cause chaos.

  4. Cats Are Curtailing Chicago's Rat Problem - AOL

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    Out of all things Chicago is known for, its rat problem is not exactly a source of pride for the city's residents and businesses. For eight years in a row, the pest control company Orkin has ...

  5. Feral cat - Wikipedia

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    For example, in Christmas Island, it was shown that decreasing cat populations would improve the growth rate of a threatened bird, as long as rats did not increase by more than 77 rats per cat removed. [136] However, cats are actually ineffective predators of rats and prefer going after smaller prey, such as mice and small native animals. [137 ...

  6. Lucky and Zorba - Wikipedia

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    Word soon spreads about a cat hatching a bird's egg, until it reaches the ears of Zorba's love interest Bubulina and the town's cats' arch-enemy Great Big Rat, who after hearing the news of the cat-egg makes a plan to make all the town's cats his servants. The egg soon hatches and the cats decide to name the newborn Lucky.

  7. Farmer Desensitizes Tabby Kitten to Chickens with a Happy ...

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    While not all cats have beef with chickens, it is important to remember that birds are cats' natural prey. Some domesticated cats won't go after them, but barn cats are a different story.

  8. Infanticide (zoology) - Wikipedia

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    In birds, however, the situation is more complex, as female eggs are fertilized one at a time, with a 24-hour delay between each. Males may destroy clutches laid 12 days or more after their arrival, though their investment of around 60 days of parental care is large, so a high level of parental certainty is needed.

  9. Killer cats and XL bullies: We need to rethink pet ownership

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    LET’S UNPACK THAT: Some of our pets are posing threats to the environment and sometimes to human life, while training or even understanding the animals we bring into our homes is no longer a ...