Britain is far smaller than the USA, our population density is that much greater (a fifth of the population in a ifthieth of the same area) and the domestic cat population is correspondingly larger per square mile. Cats taking native bird species is therefore such a problem that the RSBP (Royal Society for the Preservation of Birds) is seriously alarmed at the annual avian holocaust perpetrated by moggies and the cost to our native bird species. Our cats in this household tend to see the bird table and feeding stations as handy bait for flying munchies… although they’re not slow at mice, rats and other rodents at ground level. Our big tom moggie took a mole once… Rabbits fuse their little cat minds, though. Instinct says “mouse” but sensory impressions see something as big as they are that isn’t slow to bite back if threatened…
Britain is far smaller than the USA, our population density is that much greater (a fifth of the population in a ifthieth of the same area) and the domestic cat population is correspondingly larger per square mile. Cats taking native bird species is therefore such a problem that the RSBP (Royal Society for the Preservation of Birds) is seriously alarmed at the annual avian holocaust perpetrated by moggies and the cost to our native bird species. Our cats in this household tend to see the bird table and feeding stations as handy bait for flying munchies… although they’re not slow at mice, rats and other rodents at ground level. Our big tom moggie took a mole once… Rabbits fuse their little cat minds, though. Instinct says “mouse” but sensory impressions see something as big as they are that isn’t slow to bite back if threatened…