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Study Reveals That Your Cat is a Serial Killer

01/30/2013
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  • Cats Kill Billions of Animals Every Year Feral House Kitten Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the Fish and Wildlife Service Stalking
    Most of us are familiar with the savage instincts of our feline friends; some kittens playfully pounce upon balls of wool or fuzzy, rattling toy mice, while human companions of outdoor cats may have been the lucky recipient of a gifted dead bird. But a report from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the Fish and Wildlife Service has found that those gifts are just the tip of a very large, very murderous iceberg -- one which holds the four-legged friends to account for the deaths of over 14 billion animals every year, a staggering amount of carnage that is two-to-four times higher than previously thought....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/new-study-reveals-that-your-cat-is-a-serial-killer/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Cats Kill Billions of Animals Every Year Feral House Kitten Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the Fish and Wildlife Service
    Most of us are familiar with the savage instincts of our feline friends; some kittens playfully pounce upon balls of wool or fuzzy, rattling toy mice, while human companions of outdoor cats may have been the lucky recipient of a gifted dead bird. But a report from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the Fish and Wildlife Service has found that those gifts are just the tip of a very large, very murderous iceberg -- one which holds the four-legged friends to account for the deaths of over 14 billion animals every year, a staggering amount of carnage that is two-to-four times higher than previously thought....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/new-study-reveals-that-your-cat-is-a-serial-killer/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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Cats Kill Billions of Animals Every Year Feral House Kitten Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the Fish and Wildlife Service Stalking

Most of us are familiar with the savage instincts of our feline friends; some kittens playfully pounce upon balls of wool or fuzzy, rattling toy mice, while human companions of outdoor cats may have been the lucky recipient of a gifted dead bird. But a report from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the Fish and Wildlife Service has found that those gifts are just the tip of a very large, very murderous iceberg -- one which holds the four-legged friends to account for the deaths of over 14 billion animals every year, a staggering amount of carnage that is two-to-four times higher than previously thought....

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