U.S. Overrun By Feral Cats ?


	U.S. Overrun By Feral Cats ?

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The strays are likely to go unneutered or unspayed, and therefore to reproduce like mad.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,351571,00.html"><P>On top of that, though, more than 38 million households own an estimated 88 million cats — that's about one cat for every 3.5 Americans.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,351571,00.html"><P>Those that aren't "fixed" often can and do still wander freely outdoors or get lost and make <A target="_blank" href="http://www.livescience.com/bestimg/index.php?cat=cutest">kittens</A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,351571,00.html"><P>Fertile female cats produce an average of two litters of four to six kittens per year. 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