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From: gnome@olivee.UUCP (Gary Traveis)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: Cats killing birds
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Date: Fri, 8-Nov-85 16:23:36 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  8 16:23:36 1985
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> 
> I have reason to believe that one of my cats has become a BIRD
> KILLER.
> 
> Is there any way to disuade him from this practice?  I have 
> seen people put bells on cats for this--but that would probably
> drive me up the wall.  We feed the birds in the winter--I hate
> to attract them to their deaths.
> 
> By the way, these are the declawed cats that people have flamed
> me about, and claimed were maimed for life.
> -- 
>                                      Sue Brezden
>                                      ihnp4!drutx!slb
> 

Well, one way is to put a couple of those little globe-shaped
tinkle-bells (the ones that start showing up around Xmas time)
on the cat's collar.  That will help alert the birds to the
cats presence.  Another thing, if you must feed the birds, make
sure that the feeder is in the center of an open area with no
place for a cat to hide.

Birds knock the seed out of the feeder and onto the ground in
order to sort the seeds out (different birds like different seeds).
This also makes them sitting ducks.

Gary