http://clog.dailycal.org/2008/11/07/salacious-uc-davis-squirrels-too-lusty-for-their-own-good/ A Cal blog brought to you by The Daily Californian Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:50:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://clog.dailycal.org/2008/11/07/salacious-uc-davis-squirrels-too-lusty-for-their-own-good/#comment-30772 reasonmclucus Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:06:38 +0000 http://clog.dailycal.org/?p=4954#comment-30772 Perhaps UC Davis needs more cats which are the natural predators of squirrels. Cats have gotten a bad rap from cartoons which feature cats as the villains who eat those nice little mice which people only think are cute if the mice aren't in their houses. All ecologies require predators to prevent overpopulation of other animals. Feral cats are among the most desirable urban predators because they don't get together to form packs like dogs and are too small to attack humans. Perhaps UC Davis needs more cats which are the natural predators of squirrels. Cats have gotten a bad rap from cartoons which feature cats as the villains who eat those nice little mice which people only think are cute if the mice aren’t in their houses. All ecologies require predators to prevent overpopulation of other animals. Feral cats are among the most desirable urban predators because they don’t get together to form packs like dogs and are too small to attack humans.

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