To maintain the cat population, the annual birth rate must be 4–6.6m cats

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Argument #8cd6219d 0 0 0

If it is true that...

The American cat population is estimated from 60 million to >100 million 0 0 1

Then it must be true that...

To maintain the cat population, the annual birth rate must be 4–6.6m cats 0 0 1

Argument #902a2c44 0 0 1

If it is true that...

The American cat population is estimated from 60 million to >100 million 0 0 1

and

Cats live ~15 years 0 0 1

Then it must be true that...

To maintain the cat population, the annual birth rate must be 4–6.6m cats 0 0 1

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Argument #fdfd56c7 0 0 1

If it is true that...

To maintain the cat population, the annual birth rate must be 4–6.6m cats 0 0 1

Then it must be true that...

To merely be the majority source of cats, breeders would need to produce several million cats per year, every year, without fail 0 0 1

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