I would argue that urban sprawl has done far more damage to native species of
all kinds than every cat on the planet. If you restore your gardens back to
their native habit, the native species definitely show up and horn out the
invaders.

I never allowed my cats out, alone. Since neighbors around here do, from time
to time allow their cats out, I have put up a cheap way to keep them out. On
the top of the fence I nailed some of that cheap border wire fencing found at
cheapo stores. The tines you stick in the ground I face upward, and bend those
to face outside the fence. No cat can get up and around that. At the bottom I
lay my rose trimmings where we hardly use the service gates, and where the main
gate is, I keep it tightly fitted using stepping stones. Barely a mouse can get
through that.

Problem solved.



On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 23:57:59 GMT, "Cereoid-UR12-" wrote:

Which birds?

If you are talking about starlings and house finches, you are nuts.

Those alien invader pests from Europe have bullied out most of the native
bird species and have done far more damage than cats ever could.


J Kolenovsky wrote in message
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in order to protect the birds feeding in the garden.