Reply To: The consequences of NOT killing lions

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_Robert_ wrote:

That’s a drop in the bucket compared to the seemingly inevitable loss of habitat, the real killer. Every time a human baby is born, the earth shutters. It’s blasphemy, I know.

People decry the predation of domestic cats on native wildlife, but as you have pointed out, it’s really not the cats which are the ultimate cause, it’s human encroachment on natural environments which drives out the natural predators, who tend to be more shy of humans than their prey items. Humans bring cats with them and all the cats do is take the place of the natural predators. Of course, cats are also in many cases more efficient predators, but they would probably predate less if they had to worry about the natural predators, some of which are quite capable of killing cats or at least chasing them off.