A cat cull isn’t just desirable, it’s an environmental necessity

Good stuff from the TV naturalist Chris Packham, who is usually sound on most issues. Firstly he disputes the reports of urban foxes attacking people in their homes. Don’t believe it, he says. No, me neither. We will be reading more of these crazed psychotic fox attack reports in our newspapers now that summer is almost upon us. My suspicion is that all of them are made up. Packham also said the following:

‘Over 200 million animals are killed each year by domestic cats. If you keep them in at night it reduces that figure by 50 per cent. I love cats, I think they are beautiful, a wonderful predator. But what’s the point of feeding birds in the garden if you’re feeding them to your cat?’