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["Thomas Olenio" <tolenio@sentex.net>]

It was written;

 

In town, unfortunately, roaming cats can be an even bigger problem than

the small critters they kill

 

Hi,

 

Well there soon may be a lot fewer feral cats, and neighbor hood cats;

 

Cats hunt birds, weak or sick birds make easy prey....

 

“As a precaution, FAO recommended that in areas where H5N1 has been found in poultry or wild birds, cats should be separated from infected birds until the danger has passed. On commercial poultry premises cats should even be kept indoors.”

 

So when H5N1 reaches North America, we may lose a lot of cats.

 

I imagine there will be a lot of abandoned cats when that happens.

 

Later,

Tom