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Cat shares food with a wild mouse showing no desire to attack.

Are all domestic cats hunters?

PoC avatarPosted on August 31, 2022 by Michael BroadAugust 31, 2022

Technically yes, all domestic cats are hunters but it is quite clear that many domestic cats really don’t have an urge to hunt as one might expect although they might be curious about the presence of a mouse in the … continue reading…

Posted in hunting | Tagged cat and mouse, cat behavior, cat hunting, mouse | Leave a reply
Mouse in the home

Cat chasing a mouse – the paradigm ‘prey item’

PoC avatarPosted on January 28, 2022 by Michael BroadJanuary 28, 2022

A cat chasing a mouse is the classic “predator hunting prey” but, hey!, it can be a rat chasing a cat for love and affection and getting it! This turns things on its head. This page has been refreshed and … continue reading…

Posted in hunting | Tagged cat and mouse, cat hunting, Mouser Cat | 2 Replies
Mouse and cat

3 reasons why cats play with their prey, apparently torturing them

PoC avatarPosted on January 17, 2022 by Michael BroadJanuary 17, 2022

There are 3 reasons why domestic cats apparently torture their prey by playing with them. I list and discuss them here. It is a form of feline behaviour which at best irritates their human caregiver and at worst disgusts them. … continue reading…

Posted in playing with prey | Tagged african asian wildcat, cat hunting, cat predation, cat prey, cat prey items, domestic cat predation, feral cat predation | Leave a reply
Cat plays with grasshopper

When domestic cats kill insects are they causing pain to their prey?

PoC avatarPosted on December 7, 2021 by Michael BroadDecember 7, 2021

A reliable source, Nathan Winograd, tells me that cockroaches can physically suffer. They have a central nervous system i.e. a brain and nerves, and a peripheral nervous system which connects the brain and the spinal cord to the rest of … continue reading…

Posted in insects | Tagged cat hunting, domestic cat hunting, human to cat relationship, insects, pain | Leave a reply
Remains of 28 New Zealand lizards said to have been devoured as a meal by a feral cat

New Zealand news media reports that one feral cat regurgitated 28 whole lizards! True?

PoC avatarPosted on October 1, 2021 by Michael BroadOctober 1, 2021

NEWS AND COMMENT-NEW ZEALAND: The website stuff.co.nz have published an article in which they attack the feral cat, which I see a lot of because they don’t like their feral cats in New Zealand. You see the same thing in … continue reading…

Posted in hunting | Tagged cat hunting, cat predation, feral cat predation, New Zealand, reptiles | Leave a reply
A bat

Do cats attack bats?

PoC avatarPosted on September 20, 2021 by Michael BroadOctober 27, 2022

Alternative questions to the title are (1) do cats hunt bats? – and (2) do cats eat bats? They are different questions but they overlap. But the answer will be different in each case. I am referring to domestic, stray … continue reading…

Posted in hunting | Tagged bats, cat predation, cat prey items, domestic cat predation | Leave a reply
Cat with mouse at door locked out as forbidden to bring prey animals in

Do you stop your cat coming inside when she has a mouse in her mouth?

PoC avatarPosted on August 21, 2021 by Michael BroadAugust 21, 2021

The photograph on this page was taken by the boyfriend of a woman who is the caregiver of a grey cat who is allowed outside and who likes to bring her prey animals inside the home, which is entirely typical. … continue reading…

Posted in hunting | Tagged cat caregiving, cat doors, cat flaps, cat hunting, cat predation, cat prey items, human to cat relationship | Leave a reply
Mouse and cat

Mice produce lactones which act like catnip on cats

PoC avatarPosted on May 23, 2021 by Michael BroadMay 23, 2021

Professor Benjamin Hart from the University of California’s School of Veterinary Medicine claims that mice produce lactones which act like catnip on domestic cats and, in doing so, it acts as a defence against being killed by said cats! Catnip … continue reading…

Posted in hunting | Tagged cat catching mice, cat predation, cat prey items, catnip, science | Leave a reply
Mouse

The screaming of the mice

PoC avatarPosted on January 29, 2021 by Michael BroadJanuary 30, 2021

The screaming of the mice. I can’t forget it. It’s a scream that they make at the moment of their death. It is loud enough to be heard by a person five metres away or more; a clear, piercing sound. … continue reading…

Posted in hunting | Tagged cat predation, domestic cat predation, mouse, Mouser Cat | 1 Reply
232 animals injured by cats and which died at one hospital in California

Picture of 232 animals injured by cats in 2019 that could not be saved by WildCare Animal Hospital

PoC avatarPosted on September 23, 2020 by Michael BroadSeptember 23, 2020

Here is a photograph by Jak Wonderly of 232 animals that were injured by cats during 2019 and which could not be saved by a non-profit wildlife hospital based in San Raphael, California, USA: WildCare Animal Hospital. The hospital was … continue reading…

Posted in hunting | Tagged cat catching mice, cat hunting, cat pictures, cat predation, cat prey items, cat preying on birds, domestic cat predation, rodents | Leave a reply
Domestic cat home range mapped

Domestic cats eat 80% of their prey in situ

PoC avatarPosted on September 14, 2020 by Michael BroadSeptember 14, 2020

ANALYSIS: Have you ever wondered if your cat eats prey outside of the home? A study carried out in South Africa indicates that domestic cats allowed outside, hunt and eat about 80% of their prey in situ and don’t bring … continue reading…

Posted in hunting | Tagged cat behavior, cat predation, cat study, domestic cat home range, home ranges, study | Leave a reply
Cat hunting birds

Why domestic cats still hunt when they aren’t hungry

PoC avatarPosted on August 12, 2020 by Michael BroadAugust 12, 2020

It might be fair to say that some cat owners think that their domestic cat is occasionally mean and nasty because they feed their cat well but they still hunt when allowed outside. They still bring in mice and birds, … continue reading…

Posted in hunting | Tagged cat behavior, cat behavior explained, cat hunting, domestic cat behavior, feeding cats, feeding feral cats, hunting birds | 1 Reply
Colony cat

Don’t blame cats for destroying wildlife – shaky logic is leading to moral panic

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Are cats really to blame for the worldwide loss of biodiversity? Dzurag/iStock via Getty Images Plus William S. Lynn, Clark University; Arian Wallach, University of Technology Sydney, and Francisco J. Santiago-Ávila, University of Wisconsin-Madison A number of conservationists claim cats … continue reading…

Posted in hunting | Tagged cat predation, cat prey, cat prey items, cats preying on birds, conservation, domestic cat predation | 1 Reply
Handsome domestic cat hunting

Do domestic cats hunt together?

PoC avatarPosted on July 25, 2020 by Michael BroadJuly 25, 2020

No, domestic cats do not hunt together. I think that about answers the question in its entirety because there are no caveats to the statement. I have read many books on domestic and wild cats. I have never seen a … continue reading…

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Handsome domestic cat hunting

Why do domestic cats hunt?

PoC avatarPosted on July 6, 2020 by Michael BroadJuly 6, 2020

The question in the title might, at first instance, look completely normal. Domestic cats hunt in order to feed themselves, surely? But domestic cats don’t need to hunt to eat. In nearly all homes, they are provided with commercial cat … continue reading…

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