To the Editor:
This letter is in response to Ms. Giannantonio, who has difficulty believing that cats kill hundreds of millions of animals each year (“Blame Humans,” 10/23). Actually, the most current estimate based on peer-reviewed research isthat free-ranging domestic cats kill 1.3 billion to 4 billion birds and 6.3 billion to 22.3 billion mammals annually in the U.S. Science does not care what individuals believe.
Further, Ms. Giannantonio mistakenly believes that she is saving wildlife by feeding feral cats.
October 30, 2019
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