Out of Pod Experience

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Not to mention that its not even close to the right skill set needed to perform the above actions. I always thought that was what Doctors and scientists were for.

I'd still take those over Michael Bay.

My thinking about cats changed a lot since I read The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag by Jim Corbett. That cat got 124 people over 8 years, mostly by taking them out of their homes at night. Which made me realize that my fluffy little Maine coon is an terror to our local sparrows, cardinals, moles, field mice, etc. (She's not too bright compared to our other cats, but she somehow has super hunting skills). And I recently read on BBC that domestic cats are a huge threat to wildlife populations. Seriously.

So, any ideas on how to prevent a house cat from catching birds, mice, moles, and any other little creature that moves? The bell on the collar thing isn't working. And I don't want to declaw her-- that procedure is more brutal than it sounds.

Yup.
A well-fed housecat is not, in fact, too satiated to hunt. Instead, they're better hunters because they can afford to be more patient, they're fit, and healthy. Cats *will* hunt for fun - they're hard-wired to the chase and kill. It fires all the neurons in their fuzzy little brains.
I've watched my mother's former 'campus cat' (feral sponging off students, trashcans, and wildlife) make a run at a full-grown squirrel and nail it clean - Patient and fast. Fortunately for the squirrel, I am also fast, and nailed the cat as he was nailing the squirrel (cat wan't supposed to be outside): Chastened squirrel and cat, order restored to the back yard.