[goolen4you]

I can understand all you points, and even share some, but cats came along to America on the very same ships our forefathers (and mothers) did. Does that make us invasive as well? Every species is by nature invasive, if given the chance. I agree their lives are short in the wild, everywhere they live in the world, which is why they have so many offsprings. As for lynx, coyotes and other predators of cats, there are none where I live. Maybe in the boreal forest up north, but not here. Their greatest ''predator'' here is the automobile. Yes, they have a hard life, but it's the same for predators everywhere. In cities and suburbs where there is a lot more to feed on, more cats survive and can become a pest, and programs to catch and neuter them are wise. And last, let's not forget we are the apex predator, we multiply in vast numbers too and may meet the same fate of eeking a living if we keep pushing our environment to the brink. And we have been lucky for the few last thousand years. Every now and then, though, on larger time scales, our world and universe show ample capacities to write us off... Despite our immense arrogance, it wouldn't take much to send our civilization into chaos and possibly oblivion. And I'd bet cats would survive!