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- LETTERS, Page 4Killer Cats
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- It is a sad fact of life that the big fish eat the little
- ones. The study estimating that Britain's 5 million house cats
- kill wildlife at a rate of 70 million birds and animals a year
- was interesting, but I thought the researchers came down a bit
- hard on feline pets (ENVIRONMENT, July 31). Cat owners were
- right in seeming "quite unperturbed" by the casualty figures.
- Wouldn't you rather have fewer sparrows than a lot more rats and
- mice?
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- Nancy Forney Worton, Md.
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- We live in a rural area, and I wish cats would take up
- hunting the rabbits who are destroying the cabbage. Let the
- scientists find something else to worry about.
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- Mary Lazor Clinton, Mich.
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- Would people say "Naughty tiger!" when the big cat kills
- and eats its prey? Of course not. Then why criticize domestic
- cats for doing the same? It's their nature to hunt. The instinct
- is unalterable.
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- Rick Pettey Wauwatosa, Wis.
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- The Michigan Audubon Society has suggested that we keep our
- cats in at night and bell them whenever they go out. These
- simple ideas would give wildlife a fighting chance.
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- Marcia Lipps Muskegon, Mich.
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