Beginner Gardening: Cats, helpful or nuisance?, 1 by Dinu

Dinu wrote:
Our neighbours premesis has a garden area with trees and shrubs. Creatures like insects are common, even in my yard. Allowing cats to roam about is known to be helpful in keeping the insects/reptile numbers in check. They don't do any damage to plants as such. So, I too have allowed them to roam about. There are 3 kitten now. They don't seem to go to the pond for fish now but earlier I had a doubt if it was taking fish - not the mother of these kitten, but another cat from another 'owner' opposite house - now gone. I'm now convinced that the fish are safe. We don't keep them inside as we are not used to petting. We are just animal lovers. Satisfied with observing from a distance and showing kindness to them. But these cats can be a nuisance in the mating season - they make a lot of noise preventing us to sleep. These are from the same mother.