Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 14:06:06 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Parke H John Subject: Re: Keeping Cats Indoors MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ....and it's no just your cats...... and cats compete with hawks.... and this is just another added pressure on native species of birds ..... Scott Michaud Sent by: Maryland Birds & Birding 02/20/2003 01:55 PM Please respond to Maryland Birds & Birding To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM cc: Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Keeping Cats Indoors Actually, yes, we really do think that. The backyard housecat population is not a normal concentration of predators in most American suburbs... "Do we really think that passerines are going > to become an endangered species because of housecats? I can think of > many other immediate concerns i.e. habitat destruction, disease, etc. > that have a far greater toll on birds than my cats. They will continue > to roam their neighborhood territories, sitting under the feeders in > hope of a tasty morsel..." _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================