I have a slightly different view of the feral cat population, I suppose. When I lived in Shreveport, LA, the feral cat colony was the only thing keeping the neighborhood I lived in from being completely overrun by pigeons, rodents and roaches. When the local college removed all the feral cats from its grounds, they had a huge rise in "less desirable" critters -- to the point where it was impossible to walk 5 feet without seeing a roach the size of you thumb (or bigger).
I know that there are a lot of places in the world where feral cats are a bigger pest than some things traditionally viewed as pests, but I have to wonder if (like The Highlands in Shreveport) some of the ecosystems have adjusted to actually need cats for some types of population control.
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Date: 2007-09-03 02:17 pm (UTC)I know that there are a lot of places in the world where feral cats are a bigger pest than some things traditionally viewed as pests, but I have to wonder if (like The Highlands in Shreveport) some of the ecosystems have adjusted to actually need cats for some types of population control.