Thank you Jill, for writing about this important topic. As a life-long animal lover, cat owner, and retired environmental scientist, I agree wholeheartedly that domestic cats should not be allowed to roam freely! As you point out in your article, free-roaming and feral cats impact avian populations all over the world and the cats end up suffering from depredation, vehicle strikes and disease. All of which can be prevented if human beings took more responsibility. As a cat lover, my heart sinks every time I see the all too common missing cat posters around town. And I hate seeing free roaming cats pass through our yard because I know they are hunting for birds and other wild prey. And I worry about those cats getting poisoned by taking small rodents that may have ingested rodenticides. Please keep your cats inside folks!
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