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Feral Cats In North America

Cats are not native to North America. that severe. If you talk to people that
From their humble beginnings into live in rural areas that have a lot of
domestication in Egypt around or about cats, they would fill you with stories of
5000BC, cats have slowly moved from how this cat or that cat showed up at
continent to continent. In Europe, they their door as a newly born kitten in the
were not very well accepted and often middle of the night. Often, the comment
caught a killed until the plagues in the goes back to city-folk dropping off their
Dark Ages. With their superb hunting kittens that momma cat had and they
skills, they were very helpful lowering didn't want. They just think that the
the rodent population and therefore cat belongs in the country and if they
gained acceptance.From Europe, the cats drop it off near the farmhouse, the
came with the new settlers. Often, cats farmer will take it in and it can hunt
were carried on the ships to combat the mice and rats thereby earning its
rodent problem and they would often keep.This adds an additional expense to
escape when the ship was docked. In the farmer and more often than not, these
North America, it is estimated that the cats will not receive medical care and
cat population is over 65 million.Cats worse, they will mate and reproduce until
tend to have a free ranging spirit often there are too many to care for. Let me
traveling a few square miles as their paint a vivid picture from a farmer I
home territory from their home. These knew. He commented: "when the number of
domestic cats that are free roaming are cats and kittens gets to be too many, I
not native to the North American would just gather up some of the extra
ecosystem. On quite the occasion, some kittens, put them in a burlap sack, tie
of these cats will not return home or it shut and throw it in the lake. After
would be abandoned and become feral they are dead, I would pull the bag out
cats.Between the feral cats and the free of the water and bury it in the
roaming cats, they have an impact on the ground".There are alternatives. If you
ecosystem where they live. Often, this took the cats to the veterinarian, you
becomes a problem for the wildlife that could have them spayed or neutered.
live in the region. The cats' prey may There is an expense involved with this
already be under stress or their numbers and unfortunately has been a problem with
may be low. If there is an overabundance the rural landowner in this forced
of feral cats in the region, there can be adoption situation. As we are becoming
devastating effects.In some areas, the more aware, there are more spay and
Galapagos Islands for example, wildlife neuter clinics coming to assistance and
managers have had to utilize an some of these programs are conducting
extermination program to return certain catch and release programs.Although cats
islands to the natural ecosystem. This are not native to North America, they are
is an area that not only were the cats natural in our homes and they are here to
not native to the area but there was no stay. The problem is when the cats leave
significant human population for the cats our homes and become feral cats. We
to have just wandered away from. The don't fully understand the impact that
occurrence of these cats becoming feral they have on the ecosystem and there are
cats came about from cats that were advocacy groups to protect them from
traveling on merchant ships escaping "Wildlife Management operations". There
while the ship was at the island are obvious answers and not so obvious
resupplying food or water resources.In answers. The solution will never be cut
North America, the situation is often not and dry here in North America.




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