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> The RSPB themselves have said.....there’s no evidence this is affecting decline

The RSPB know which side their bread is buttered. They are a charity who get their donations from "animal lovers", inducing cat 'owners'. They certainly won't say anything which might prejudice this source of income.

> It's odd to me that there's such a contrast between attitudes towards cats roaming in Europe

Plenty of people here in Blighty despise roaming cats leaving turds in their gardens and killing the local wildlife.