Dog and Cat Data

Re:Dog and Cat Data by gumby on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @08:14AM (#19562682)

I am an Australian living in the US and one nice thing about being here is having a cat. Although many people have cats in Australia they are terror on wildlife, most of which nests on the ground.

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Re:Dog and Cat Data by AllegedAlec on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @08:26AM (#19562735)

Given Australia's indigenous wildlife, I'm actually surprised it's not the other way around.

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Re:Dog and Cat Data by patates on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @08:46AM (#19562845)

Yeah, me too. I know that cats wandering in the neighborhood can be very bad for the local bird species though. On the other hand, I doubt that your-typical-house-cat would able to survive anywhere close to being wild, especially in Australia.

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Re:Dog and Cat Data by cwilkes on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @11:07AM (#19563927)

I’ve heard that as well but our outdoor cat that came with the house killed a grand total of two birds in 12 years.

She did get a number of mice during that time and nicely left their stomachs as presents on my doorstep. I now watch where I’m going barefoot.

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Re:Dog and Cat Data by sciv on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @08:45AM (#19562838)

It seems to me that what's happening here is that all that dangerous wildlife is the one that survived the cats.

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Re:Dog and Cat Data by MisterTea on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @01:31PM (#19565292)

> dangerous wildlife is the one that survived the cats.

More like professional courtesy.

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