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Mike Wehner
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- Domestic cats are a massive burden on wildlife around the globe, with birds and small mammals being their two favorite targets.
- Cats that are allowed to roam free often hunt despite having food available at home, but scientists just figured out a way to prevent them from killing wildlife.
- Feeding a cat a diet high in meat protein can help stop domestic cats from feeling the need to hunt.
We love our pets and we like to think they love us, but they're still animals. Try as we might, it's impossible to totally erase countless generations of instinct that is hard-wired into their brains and bodies, and when it comes to cats that means accepting the fact that they're going to probably kill some stuff every now and then.
Cats — especially those that are allowed to roam freely in a neighborhood or countryside — will almost always end up hunting wild game despite having a steady supply of food at home. When your cat leaves a dead bird on your doorstep, it might seem like no big deal, or perhaps even a charming reminder of how brutal nature can be, but cats actually pose a huge threat to bird and small mammal populations, but science may have come up with an answer.
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