http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-feralcats29dec29,0,1730444.story This is one case of several police stations attracting feral cat colonies with some food - they found it very effective in getting rid of their mouse and rat problem. Presumably they do not feed the cats to the point where they become lazy bums :) Just hungry enough to want to keep hunting. The article says that the cats catch some rodents but the main thing is that the rodents move on when they realize (based on smell and sight) that there are predators around. Sean On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Michael Watterson wrote= : > On 05/07/2011 23:34, IVP wrote: >> My friend has an excellent mouser cat at her factory. At least >> once a week she'll find a rat jigsaw the cat has made for her > > Though a domestic cat is generally poorer than a Terrier. The domestic > cat will eat 5000 species, it might be polishing off songbirds and rare > moths too . Rat is just part of mixed Starters.. > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .