Research Paper On Feral Cat Population Control

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Patrick Skogen
History 282CS 001
Dr. Zizzamia
11/15/15
Population: Out and In Control
While reading the work of Charles Darwin, many readers are asked the question, when is the right time to control populations? When one is bigger than another? When they threaten other lives? When they threaten endangered species? In this paper I intend to explain and support the feral cat population control. This issue is occurring in several developed countries around the world. Populations like this should and need to me controlled.
For this purpose I have divided the paper into three parts. The first part of my paper describes the problem with feral cats that is occurring throughout parts of Australia and Canada. The second part of my paper will describe

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