And birds and lizards and anything else that they can.
Their hunting instinct is natural but there is nothing natural about
their domestication in places like the Americas or Australia.
I have had the privilege of visiting a small island off the
Australian coast which has never seen a cat, dog or fox. Ever.
Turn over any rock and there are two lizards under it - a skink and a
gecko usually.
The 2/3 mile drive back from the trapping sites at dusk could take
nearly half an hour, not because of the rough terrain but because the
Bettongs on the track didn't feel like moving (cat-sized macropod -
miniature kangaroo). Birds? Harriers, Sea Eagles and about everything
else you can imagine. We were trapping rock wallabies for research -
too big for cats but not foxes and dogs.
Native rats (Swamp, Broad-toothed), which are somehow cute compare to
their black and brown cousins
Most of us have no idea what is missing.
Cats are nice - but the cost has been extraordinary.
That's why mine is a placid Ragdoll who is not allowed outside.
Ever.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 08/11/2007, at 7:50 AM, Rand E wrote:
> And cats hunt and eat mice, that's what they do.
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