Feline disgust

It is estimated that 50 million birds and small mammals are massacred by cats every year.

I have a pair of wrens nesting in a tree and they have now hatched their young.

Wrens are not plentiful so every one counts.

Imagine my anger to see a cat walk along the fence and leap into the tree to try to kill the birds. On this occasion I was able to chase the cat away.

Cats no longer kill for food but for fun – ever seen one with a field mouse? That cats foul people’s gardens is trivial alongside this horrific slaughter.

A friend has a neighbour with eight cats, so relationships are strained to say the least.

If cat owners are really nature lovers then they should put a bell on their cat to warn the  birds of their pet’s stealthy  approach.

Clark Cross

Springfield Road

Linlithgow