Re: 鈥淟eashes, licences for cats promoted as way to protect birds,鈥� Jan.聽20.
In defence of cats, they are ambush hunters. They don鈥檛 seek prey, they hide and wait for the prey to come to them.
An ideal place is under bird feeders, a lot of the feed falls to the ground and is eaten by birds on the ground, making them easy prey for a cat. So bird feeders should be renamed cat feeders and banned.
We have a large garden, but with the exception of a hummingbird feeder, we have no bird feeders. Over the past four years, our cat has caught two birds, one a common sparrow, the other a quail that got away, six rats, four rabbits, 10 mice and numerous invasive green lizards, and has scared away the raccoons.
Paul Reeve
Saanichton
