predatory behavior

The domestic cat is a top predator. Should we live with them?

Cats would be better pets if they weren’t great predators

Many cat owners might say that their domestic cat companion is an excellent pet. I’m going to say something which is almost heretical and something which sounds anti-cat as if said by a cat hater. But I’m not; I am a cat lover and a realist. And with that character trait, I have to state …

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Cat catches a mouse and brings it into the home and causes negative consequences for the owner

12 bad things that can happen when your cat brings in a mouse

Last night my cat brought in a mouse. And a lot of things happened which were negative to my life and one thing that was negative to his as it happens. I’ll list them here. There you have a dozen negatives impacting my life just because I live with a top line predator who loves …

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Temple officials in India fear that ultrasonic rat repellents will disturb the gods but CATS are ineffective in getting rid of them

Temple officials in India fear that ultrasonic rat repellents will disturb the gods’ sleep

NEWS AND OPINION-JAGANNATH TEMPLE, INDIA: For me, this is an interesting clash between religious belief and practicalities. And in passing it is about cats! The 12th century Jagannath Temple in eastern India is revered by Hindus. It is a pilgrimage site. It is beloved and a very important temple. But it is under attack from …

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Don't trust newspaper journalists to get cat predation rates correct!

Example of how a journalist carelessly distorts information on domestic and feral cat predation

I think that this is important. I have been digging around because I know that journalists writing for respected websites including news media website often distort the facts. They make claims and hard statements which simply are not true. They quote scientific reports but in doing so they actually misquote them. This is a very …

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8 ways to have an indoor and outdoor cat and feed the birds while protecting them

8 ways to have an indoor/outdoor cat and feed birds without jeopardizing the birds

Here are 8 suggestions on how to be the caregiver of an indoor/outdoor and feed wild birds while minimising the predation of the birds that you feed by the cat that you care for! Note the obvious: keeping a cat indoor full-time is the obvious and total solution. The world is drifting towards that state …

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A praying mantis defends itself against a domestic cat attack

Praying mantis strikes impressive defensive pose under attack from domestic cat

The video shows a domestic cat idly playing with a praying mantis that happened to be in the area (unfortunately for the praying mantis). Domestic cats instinctively regard insects as prey animals. Domestic cats often play with their prey as we know, and they like to mess around with insects to brighten up their idle …

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Domestic cats sometimes circle the food bowl as if scavenging prey in the wild

Domestic cats circling the food bowl as if approaching dead prey when scavenging

I feel sure that many domestic cats do this. My cat approaches his food bowl as if he’s scavenging a dead animal in the wild. He will circle it and approach it from a wide angle rather than going directly towards the bowl. It’s as if he is approaching it with caution and this can …

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