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