New York Cats Actually Suck at Killing Rats


Videos of feral cats in New York City showed the cats watching as rats rummage around a trash collector center, not even trying to kill them. The cats instead opt for smaller prey like small birds and mice. Of the 306 tapes of the cats in the area, only 20 actually showed a cat stalking the rats. The videos also showed that when there are more cats in the area, the rats hide and are less abundant, which could contribute to the reason people think cats reduce the rat population. If cats don't really kill rats as often as we think, then the rat populations aren't going to be controlled very well by cats.


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  1. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2018 at 12:07 PM

    Many cats surprisingly don't chase after rats. (like mine) To stop the population growth of rats they could also just use traps.

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