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                                                      CATS

                                                              Keep Your Cat Indoors

             If you love wildlife, keep your cat indoors because:

  • Everyday, cats kill between 4 and 5 million birds in the U.S. alone.

  • Collar bells don’t work.  Birds and other wildlife do not associate bells with being stalked.

  • Ground-nesting birds are very susceptible to predation by cats.

  • Even well-fed cats will hunt small wild animals.

  • Most young birds leave the nest before they are able to fly well, spending a day or two days
    on the ground as  they   learn.  These fledglings are frequently caught by cats.

  • Most of the birds caught by cats, but not killed outright, die of their injuries or infection.

  • Cats that kill small rodents can eliminate a critical food source for owls and hawks.

      If you love your cat, keep him or her indoors because:

  • Cars kill millions of cats each year.

  • Outdoor cats are exposed to serious, and often fatal, infectious diseases, such as feline
    leukemia and rabies.

  • Parasites such as fleas, ticks, and intestinal worms post a health threat to your cat.  Some
    of these parasites can be transmitted to humans.

  • Outdoors, cats can be chased by dogs or other cats and killed, injured, or become lost.

  • Cats are often shot at, poisoned, trapped, or tortured by neighbors who are annoyed by
    cats using their  gardens as a litter box or hunting ground.

  • Coyotes, Great-Horned Owls, and other wild animals are known to regularly kill and eat
    house cats.

  • Cats that spend time outdoors require more medical treatment and their life-span is much
    shorter than cats that live indoors.