Are cats mass murderers?

It is an instinct that cats developed over millions of years, and there is not really anything we can do about their evolutionary instincts.

ok, thats it - ban the domestic cat!

next.... 

or maybe a 1 cat per family?

My cat Sid brings rabbits home and eats them in the bath!

My cat  hunts down other cats in the neighbourhood, and  has claimed it all to himself, more mice and voles for him.

I'm not buying this.

Cats kill naturally. Period. It's what they do to eat, and it's what they do when they hang out in the wild too, as in they don't necessarily eat all they kill, they play with it too. That's cats. Don't like it? Change planets.

The sparrow argument is fallacious. If there is one species that has been artificially inflated in numbers, it's sparrows. They wouldn't be so numerous if it were not for human activity.

Cats kill animals, duh!

What next? Do we educate them to be vegetarians!!?? Or stuff them with tinned food? Or put them in jail when they murder a mouse?

Politically correct is getting out of control here. I told you first, lol!

Vinny, bon appetit to your cat!

Hope he catches one of those "scientists" one day.

my cat is lovely, wen he was younger he caught mainly shrews but never harmed them, they all died of shock, hes never caught or killed a bird. i wouldnt count cats as mass murders, its there natural hunting insincts, look at their family of big cats, its just who they are. some cats are better than others but my cat hasnt killed a bird in 9yrs.

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I think that it's normal if cats kills some small creatures because it's naturally.

If they won't kill them who will save you of millions of mice and birds and rabbits who have an infection in their blood and skin? It is absolutely normal, because cats can catch only less strong creature, so the most strong are alive. Cats regulate the population of small creatures.

I love cats.

I tried to add a video of my cats but can't find it with the Youtube search!

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My cat Gaudí, the one on the photo drinking tap water never killed a thing.

He is afraid of flies.

Yeah, well in the dark ages, Black Cats were seen as Black Magic and the Devil resulting in mass killing of Puddin Snacks, Of courser the Braindead people started dropping like flies when the Black Plague almost wiped out all of Europe.  Then the Braindead had a clue, Kitties eat Rats!

If not not for the Kitties, most of us would not be reading this column.

Cats, Human, Lions Dogs, Wolfs... are all mass murderers and all the Birds and Sheep and rabbits... know that all to well, why they are afraid of us. The hunter needs to hunt even if not hungry the instinct is to strong. 

My Puddin, when she wakes me up, races out the door to have a Poo! Then scampers back into the house and races around the house as if International Communists are trying to Kill her,  she sounds like a friggin horse.  My theory is the reason she runs wild and crazy at Batman speed is to escape the delicate Aromas eminating from her arse after have a steaming wet dump!

Too much information?

a crazy but relaxed looking cat. Finding a prey

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I had an indoor cat for 16 years.  She never learned how to hunt.  Now I have an adopted outdoor cat.  I prefer to see him kill mice and rats rather than having to poison them.  He's not so good at snagging birds. 

Some feral cats have had a huge impact on wildlife, especially where there is a population of flightless birds. 

I recall as a child a friend from school.caught a disease called scabbies.I was distraught at the sight of her itching open sores.When I enquired as to how she caught the disease,she told me that you catch it from cats pooh.I have never wanted to own a cat or go near one since.No Offence to the cats out there.I wonder what would the solution be to this breed of mass murderers.ah maybe The cats should be mass murdered.So many of my friends have cats as pets and have never became ill or caught scabbies.Some of them would be devastated at the mere coment that cats could be mass murderers. double edged sword I think.love and light Jazzyzazzyx 

I believe that millions of cats are roaming around homes but are actually homeless. And they need to eat! Besides, it's natural for cats to hunt.
People who have cats should do their best to keep them indoors and have them neutered and maybe just keep them well fed. I have many cats and a few of them were "murderers" before I took them off the streets. Now they are content just being inside, getting fat and lazy.
I'd hate to hear what the scientists recommend if their findings are correct. It seems to me they want to start eliminating cats.

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