Isn't Nature Wonderful?

[10ClarionSt]

This morning whilst preparing my breakfast, I looked out of the kitchen window and there, on the garden, looking for worms, was a busy blackbird. Then, out of nowhere it seemed, a cat came racing in and grabbed the bird in its paws and proceeded to kill it. The cat stepped back, sat looking at its handywork, looked round then got up and walked off leaving a dead blackbird on my garden, which I then put in a bag and then in the bin. These are the fluffy things that are the favourite of many on here. 

Your cat doesn't do that of course, does it? Ooooo no, no, no. Cats are the biggest threat to small wildlife in this country than anything else. I know. I've said it before, because it's true. 

So next time your little ball of fluff cuddles up to you, it might just have blood on it from a recent kill. Nah! No it wouldn't. Not your little kitty kitty. Isn't nature wonderful?

[Blubster]

Cats are evil - they kill for sport, not for food. Plenty of headless birds around here, not a pretty sight.

[ichkeria]

You have a bizarre idea of "nature".

Nothing more natural than for a cat to kill a bird. Get over it. "Nature" is full of predators.

[ichkeria]

Our cat once climbed a tree in our garden and raided a woodpigeon nest, chomping audibly through the nestlings. Of course we wren't happy about but, like I say, it is what happens out there.

[Canary42]

But in a real natural world the cat population would be contained as it reduced the food supply.  But with humans providing a constant back up supply, the poor little birdies don't stand a chance.

[sandyRoe]

Collars with bells would protect some birds, but not nestlings.

[SparklyKid]

it,s what cats do.   some big dogs kill humans. i know which i prefer

[ichkeria]

The birds seem to be doing fine as far as I can see. .No shortage of them here. They also have the benefit of being able to fly 😀.

There's a yellow tit that comes tapping at our back window occasionally ,as if demanding to be fed, which we do sometimes. The cat is always asleep when he calls ...

[ichkeria]

Spare a thought for the worms, which the poor innocent blackbird would have eaten

[youngmafbog]

A domestic cat isnt part of nature though, it has been falsly introduced and lacks preditors which it would have in the wild.

Anyone responsible would put a bell on it as suggested above, sadly too many think their little darling is beyond reproach.

I wonder if the same attitude of its only nature would be extended to the cat being mashed by say a Boxer?

[youngmafbog]

//The birds seem to be doing fine as far as I can see.//

I'm alright Jack then?  Sadly this is not the case there are plenty of reports on them damaging wildlife.

[ichkeria]

Our cat is microchipped and has apparently resisted all attempts to tag him. I understand that the RSPB like the idea of fewer birds being killed by cats: so do I. But we're far too precious about these things. We want cats to kill some creatures but not others? 

[youngmafbog]

I think you are missing the point a bit.  

It's not just the RSPB either BTW.

And whats a microchip going to do apart fromid it when it gets squashed?  The cat needs a bell!

 

[ichkeria]

Cats need bells? What for exactly. Some cats have collars to which a bell could be attached if you were a bird lover. Our cat has a chip instead as do many.

The OP is a piece of mischievous trolling. I think most cat owners are well aware that cats are predators. So are birds. So are some worms probably 🙄🙄🙄

[-SharonA-]

I remember a neighbour's cat got into my garden and managed to grab a bird, kill it & left my garden looking like a snowstorm!!! I kept banging on my kitchen window but I couldn't stop the horrific slaughter. Hate cats!!!

[Sipowicz]

The great circle of life.

[Old_Geezer]

It saved the worms from a fatal encounter.

[jourdain2]

My wonderful little cat (my last due to my now having asthma) killed mice, lots of mice - which was her job.  This was in France.  She was only a small cat and yet I also saw her tackle and kill rats almost as big as she was.  Good stuff!

To cap it all I twice saw her juggle with and kill an aspic - small poisonous snake - the first time I was within moments of being bitten by said snake.

Funnily enough she left birds alone - something to do with my having free-range chickens (including Bantams).  I saw her trying to stalk a chick once and her punishment from the mother bird was severe.  She learned.  Back in UK she wore a bell, just in  case.

 

[10ClarionSt]

Thanks for the replies folks. It's as I thought. Turn a blind eye and make excuses for your cat. Cats are wonderful aren't they? 😼 ☠ 😇