"Our fox and eagles and cats basically get along just fine here. Sometimes if there is food they might fight over the food some. I live in Unalaska, Alaska in the Aleutian Islands."We live in the suburbs of Madison, Wisconsin, and because we set out food at night for feral cats, we also get a variety of nocturnal scavengers - raccoons mostly, but also mice, opossum, and the occasional skunk and fox.
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I'm interested that you feed feral cats in Wisconsin - here in Australia they're seen as a terrible scourge, wiping out native wildlife. Is the attitude to them over there quite different?
ReplyDeleteWe have four cats in the house that are former ferals. When we find free-ranging ferals we work with a local organization to trap, neuter, and release them. We do recognize the problem they present for ground-nesting birds.
DeleteCats have harmed the bird population, but I think you have people who like cats and people who don't in the US. I'm not sure anyone dislikes them particularly because they kill birds. People who have pets they allow outdoors also kill birds, just for fun. I'm not sure it matters to bird lovers if they're feral or not. People feed feral cats and some people try to rescue them or get them spayed and neutered.
ReplyDeleteHere in Portland, OR, I rarely see foxes, but we have been seeing an increasing number of coyotes. The skunk and opossum populations seem to be thriving. I guess that may be a large part of the coyote surge.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what causes the weird perspective shift. Somebody in the comments says it might be related to youtube's image stabilization. It's a little surreal.
ReplyDeleteIn Ottawa, Canada a good percentage of cat owners (I'd guess the majority) let their cats wander outdoors during the day. I personally do not, I think it's dangerous to the cat and unfair to the local wildlife. If I were to see a cat wandering outside I would assume it had an owner.
ReplyDeleteI don't understand this attitude. If somebody did the same with a dog they would be considered irresponsible or cruel, and I'd bet their dog would be brought to the humane society within a day or two.