Cats cause a lot of work for wildlife rescue groups -- but there are ways for cat people to help cut the workload, as I learned on a visit to the Wildlife Rescue Association of BC recently.
Although wildlife rehabilitators of the WRA don't work with domestic cats, not even feral ones (pet rescue groups take responsibility for them), they find that many of the wild animals they take in have been injured in cat attacks. (250 out of 3,101 injured animals in 2010.) These are just the injuries that come to human attention and get treated -- countless others
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Your Pet vs. Wild Animals
by Jane Wangersky February 2nd, 2010 | Cats, Dogs
If your cat has ever brought you a dead mouse or bird, you know about the unending war between pets and wild animals. It’s true that when a dog chases a squirrel, or a coyote eats a cat, they’re all just following their instincts. But that doesn’t mean there’s nothing we humans can do about it. We can take steps to reduce the harm pets and wildlife do to each other.
Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge has some advice for cat and dog owners.
First, what doesn’t work for cats:
Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge has some advice for cat and dog owners.
First, what doesn’t work for cats:
- Simply feeding them enough. In one experiment, cats eating their
