Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Cat policies [Was Suggestion for outdoor cats]

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On 28 Jun 2011, at 9:04 AM, Jessie Kome wrote:

> This is in response to Sharon's comment that no predator stepped into the 
> ecosystem when cats were pulled back. Actually - Eastern Village is in 
> Maryland, on the boundary with the District of Columbia, and we apparently 
> have some coyotes coming up from a nearby regional park.  They eat both 
> rodents and cats. 

Thanks to Jessie for the correction. We also have a deer here and there and 
some ducks. Rats, of course. Mice. Politicians. A bunch of Fords. But none of 
them appeared because we gave up the patrol by our outdoor cats.

An aside, I once complained to a landlord about mice telling him our cat had 
caught three that month. He said, "Wonderful! Can I borrow him? I have a 
problem in my other building."

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org