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Questions regarding the value or inutility of the domestic cat, and problems connected with limiting its more or less unwelcome outdoor activities, are causing much dissension. The discussion has reached an acute stage. Medical men, game protectors and bird lovers call on legislators to enact restrictive laws. Then ardent cat lovers rouse themselves for combat. In the excitement of partisanship many loose and ill-considered statements are made. Some recently published assertions for and against the cat, freely bandied about, have absolutely no foundation in fact. The author of this bulletin has been misquoted so much by partisans on both sides of the controversy that in writing a series of papers on the natural enemies of birds it has seemed best, in justice to the cat and its friends and foes, as well as to himself, to gather and publish obtainable facts regarding the economic position of the creature and the means for its control. The first publication of theS tate Board of Agriculture that referred particularly to the natural enemies of birds was a special report on theD ecrease of Certain Birds and its Causes, published in the fifty-second annual report of theB oard in 1904. A paper on theE nglish sparrow appeared in the fifty-eighth annual report, and one on the starling in the fifty-ninth. These two papers, revised and enlarged, have been republished in 1915 as circulars 48 and 45 respectively. Bulletin No. 1of the present series, already in its second edition, treats of the rat as an enemy of mankind and birds, and deals with the means of suppressing it. The rat, although of less importance than the cat as a bird killer, was considered first, for people who intend to dispose of their cats need first to know how to rid their premises of rats. This paper has been written in the hope that it will interest and inform not only cat lovers and bird lovers, b(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

Excerpt from The Domestic Cat: Bird Killer, Mouser and Destroyer of Wild Life; Means of Utilizing and Controlling ItThe cat is the only domestic animal which is not usually re garded as property under the law, and which is neither fully restrained nor protected by it, also the only one that commonly is allowed by its owner to run wild and get its own living. This, however, is the lesser evil. The greater lies in the fact that hun dreds of thousands of cats, deserting their owners or deserted by them, have reverted to the wild state, bred in the woods, and the numbers of their progeny have increased until they have become such a menace to small game, insectivorous birds and poultry that some method of repressing them must be found. The situa tion has become so serious that the legislators of many States have been asked to consider measures for the repression of these nocturnal marauders.In recent years, some evidence has been adduced in support of the claim that the cat disseminates disease, particularly among children.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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This special edition of 'The Domestic Cat : Bird Killer, Mouser and Destroyer of Wildlife' was written by Edward Howe Forbush, and first published in 1916, making it over a century old. The book, which has a focus on controlling and utilizing the cat as a tool, has sections on Origin, History, Fitness, Character and Intelligence, Natural Enemies of the Cat, Food, The Economic Value of the Cat, Means of Controlling the Cat, and more. This book is NOT for Cat Lovers! In fact it's for people who are not awfully fond of cats at all! A great read for all those who want to use the cat as a tool to control pests, perhaps around a farm or ranch. IMPORTANT NOTE – Please read BEFORE buying! THIS BOOK IS A REPRINT. IT IS NOT AN ORIGINAL COPY. This book is a reprint edition and is a perfect facsimile of the original book. It is not set in a modern typeface and has not been digitally enhanced. As a result, some characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections, blurring, or minor shadows in the page background. This book appears exactly as it did when it was first printed. DISCLAIMER : Due to the age of this book, some methods, beliefs, or practices may have been deemed unsafe, undesirable, or unacceptable in the interim years. In utilizing the information herein, you do so at your own risk. We republish antiquarian books without judgment, solely for their historical and cultural importance, and for educational purposes. If purchasing a book more than 50 years old, especially for a minor, please use due diligence and vet the text before gifting.

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