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It started as nothing more than an innocent gathering of a few furry friends in an empty house.

But word spreads quickly in a remote island community – and soon the handful of cats had become a feral horde that threatened to decimate local wildlife.

Now a 'monumental' operation has been launched to rescue Barra's birds from the freelance felines – as well as saving the cats themselves.

The moggies began 'congregating' in the vacant property on the Hebridean isle several months ago.

With numbers quickly swelling to more than 20, they have since been joined by even more homeless barn cats following the death of two local owners.

Now, with kitten season looming, the home's absent owners have drafted in outside help to trap, neuter and rehome the colony before it overruns the entire island. The empty property's owners had been trying to feed the cats but as they live on the mainland, it was proving a struggle to keep up with the expanding population.

However, amid concerns for the cats – many of whom have never had to hunt for food – and the island's limited bird population which would be the colony's main prey,

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