FalconerKitty Posted February 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 An how many cats do you think you pass on the way home? I'm talking about farm cats, barn cats, pet cats, etc. Cats breed YEAR ROUND, they have litters of up to about 8. A female cat will be pregnant with her next litter while she is nursing. Then, there are the ignorant people who feed that 'stray cat' in their neighborhood, making the problem much, much worse. Hawks breed ONCE a year, with 3 being the average brood. So tell me which do you think is doing more damage? Population dynamics should simply answer the question. Show me some studies to support you position. I've not seen any from you yet. See the studies by impartial scientists at www.abcbirds.org You will see why Florida FWC (www.myfwc.com) and every other pro-hunting-wildlife organization supports the Cats Indoors program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 An how many cats do you think you pass on the way home? I'm talking about farm cats, barn cats, pet cats, etc. Cats breed YEAR ROUND, they have litters of up to about 8. A female cat will be pregnant with her next litter while she is nursing. Then, there are the ignorant people who feed that 'stray cat' in their neighborhood, making the problem much, much worse. Hawks breed ONCE a year, with 3 being the average brood. So tell me which do you think is doing more damage? Population dynamics should simply answer the question. Show me some studies to support you position. I've not seen any from you yet. See the studies by impartial scientists at www.abcbirds.org You will see why Florida FWC (www.myfwc.com) and every other pro-hunting-wildlife organization supports the Cats Indoors program. The one thing I am noticing is that I can agree other animals (cats, yotes, coons, etc) can impact number in a very negative way. In fact I never disputed that.... However, I have also noticed that even though you have no idea the population of redtail hawks or their stance in Oklahoma you cant seem to admit that over population of any species (including hawks) can negativly impact small game.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted February 19, 2010 Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 An how many cats do you think you pass on the way home? I'm talking about farm cats, barn cats, pet cats, etc. Cats breed YEAR ROUND, they have litters of up to about 8. A female cat will be pregnant with her next litter while she is nursing. Then, there are the ignorant people who feed that 'stray cat' in their neighborhood, making the problem much, much worse. Hawks breed ONCE a year, with 3 being the average brood. So tell me which do you think is doing more damage? Population dynamics should simply answer the question. Show me some studies to support you position. I've not seen any from you yet. Would imagine that hawks do not typically fall prey to coyotes, fox, wild dogs, or bobcats. Feral and house cats do get eaten by a number of other critters on the ground. Don't imagine there is much scientific data out there studying predation on feral or house cats, however I am sure that there is data showing typical diets of some of those predatory animals like coyotes and fox. Quail population here has been wiped out, we used to see pretty decent numbers of quail 10-15 years ago. The number of redtails we see here on our 60 acre property might surprise people. Rare I go out and not see at least one or two. Don't think the hawks are solely responsible for the quail disappearing here, but think they played a part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultratec1 Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Not to sound like an insensitive jerk or anything but............... there are alot of more important things in this world that need action taken upon before some birds in a far away land like Malta. Sorry but I'm thinking that the un-employment rate, child abuse, murders, cancer, AIDS, parkinson disease are alittle higher on my priority to see fixed than a bird in Malta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 good post, ultratec. i agree. also, i took a coy attitude here because malta is the place where the season is open, and i assume malta has the correct information on whether or not there is an adaquate amount or too many of any given specie. let them open and/or close seasons on the species of their choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 good post, ultratec. i agree. also, i took a coy attitude here because malta is the place where the season is open, and i assume malta has the correct information on whether or not there is an adaquate amount or too many of any given specie. let them open and/or close seasons on the species of their choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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