Do We Really Know That Cats Kill By The Billions? Not So Fast

[mike_c]

47. you're right, none do....

Now that you mention it, it seems odd. I mean, we live in a very small rural northern California town, so it kind of surprises me that no one on my block of backyards gardens, at least for food. It's all lawns in various states of care (mostly a bit scraggly, like mine, LOL). Several others in the neighborhood have indoor/outdoor cats too, so they come and go in our yard or the house sometimes too. Several have dogs in their yards though (as do we). All but one of my cats avoids the neighbors' dogs generally, so they rarely leave the yard when they go out. The exception is a young male, named Six (for the obvious reason). He's a Maine coon, weighs about 18 lbs and is solid muscle. He clears the six foot + privacy fence in the backyard with one jump, runs like an orange streak, and takes no shit from any living thing. Thankfully, he's a bit insecure and not aggressive, but we learned early not to play tussle with Six because blood will be let.

But yeah, no gardens in the immediate neighborhood.