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Feeding local wildlife (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
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Screenshot of a tweet by Mike Primavera (@primawesome). It reads, "My neighbor told me coyotes keep eating his outdoor cats so I asked how many cats he has and he said he just goes to the shelter and gets a new cat afterwards so I said it sounds like he's just feeding shelter cats to coyotes and then his daughter started crying."
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[–] -4 points 11 months ago* (12 children)

Seriously. People are claiming to be worried about biomes in the middle of a city where the only lawns allowed are grass and pavement and the town is bombed with bug killers every year and mice are dealt with by having them killed indiscriminately by pest control. It’s actually illegal in my city to plant edible plants on our forested parts because of some bullshit about drawing homeless populations.

But yeah the outdoor cats are the issue. That shit ain’t even close to the top on my triage.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago* (11 children)

    But yeah the outdoor cats are the issue.

    The issue is people thinking there is just an issue. When will you children learn that one bad thing does not justify another? All that you said is an issue, yes. I can also point out much worse issues, so we shouldn't worry about those, right? Of course that isn't correct! More than one thing can be bad at the same time, and we can also work on more than one thing at a time. Work on bringing back native plants and animals to suburbia and reduce how many evasive species we release into the environment. This isn't an exclusive or situation. We can work on all of it.

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  • [–] -2 points 11 months ago (10 children)

    When we start actually giving a shit about the local biome then I’ll consider giving my cat the shittiest life possible. Until then? Y’all can go fuck yourselves.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (9 children)

    Indoor cats live longer healthier lives on average.

    Anyway, you're a shitty person. No one would ever improve anything if everything else had to be fixed first. You can always come up with some excuse for something else that needs to be improved before you hold yourself accountable for your own actions. No, this is all a lame bullshit excuse because you don't want to do the right thing. It isn't about other people. It's about you being a lazy selfish asshole.

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    Also “you’re a shitty person because you’re okay with cats being allowed outdoors” is an insane take.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (5 children)

    No more than "you’re a shitty person because you’re okay with throwing trash on the ground outdoors." Actually, it's worse than that be cause it's also bad for the health of the cat and the environment.

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    See I would argue that it’s cruel to keep an animal that wants to be outside trapped in a house for the entirety of their lives.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    I guess you also think it's cruel to not let children run in the road when they want to, right?

    If you're not providing the right stimulation for your pet, in a safe and healthy environment where they don't cause issues for others, then that's on you as a pet owner. Either don't keep a pet or do your fucking job. They don't get to make the decisions. You do.

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    lol this is such a moronic example of false equivalency that I don’t even know what to say to you.

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