Just as
cats 10,000 years ago were
attracted to the easy, consistent food source that the first human settlements provided (see The Natural History of the
Cat), feral cats today scavenge on the scraps that all human habitats inevitably produce.1 A study of a feral cat colony in Brooklyn found that the cats depended more on local garbage for food than on either prey or food provided by caregivers, and that the neighborhood produced enough garbage to feed three times more cats than actually lived in that are
Cat), feral
cats today scavenge on the scraps that all human habitats inevitably produce.1 A study of a feral
cat colony in Brooklyn found that the cats depended more on local garbage for food than on either prey or food provided by caregivers, and that the neighborhood produced enough garbage to feed three times more cats than actually lived in that are
cat colony in Brooklyn found that the
cats depended more on local garbage for food than on either prey or food provided by caregivers, and that the
neighborhood produced enough garbage to feed three times more
cats than actually lived in that area.2