No, just butcher all but one of the female cats to make *cat meat roasts*, and stick the spare in a cage. (Keep the males for vermin control.) See also [0].

0: http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Catsplosion

I will have to ask the old lady who swallowed the fly.

I don't think NY has a native bear population (well, it does, but it's the wrong kind of bear), but you could get the alligator from the sewer.

You need to eventually make this ecology circular.

You huff glue, eat cat food, and chug some beer.

Alligator. When winter comes they freeze to death.