{"id":26095,"date":"2012-02-06T03:35:41","date_gmt":"2012-02-06T10:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/06\/cant-swing-a-dead-cat.html"},"modified":"2012-02-06T20:07:51","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T03:07:51","slug":"cant-swing-a-dead-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/06\/cant-swing-a-dead-cat.html","title":{"rendered":"Can&#39;t Swing a Dead Cat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The interesting thing here is that I&#39;ve seen the same basic stats used to indicate how awful outdoors cats are on native bird population.  The flip side is that without &#39;em, we&#39;d see a lot more rodents eating things up.  #ddtb<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='http:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fi.livescience.com%2Fimages%2Fi%2F24188%2FiFF%2Fsleeping-kitten.jpg%3F1328284762' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/18294-cats-world-died.html'>What If All the Cats in the World Suddenly Died? | How Cats Impact the Ecosystem | LiveScience<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCats may seem lazy and ineffectual, but in fact they play a vital role in the ecosystem. Without them, the world would be overrun with rats.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The interesting thing here is that I&#39;ve seen the same basic stats used to indicate how awful outdoors cats are on native bird population. 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