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[โ€“] 29 points 4 months ago (15 children)

"Outdoor cats" as pets shouldn't be a thing

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    100%. All cats eat birds and are a danger to wildlife. They should never be let outside to roam freely.

    I hate it when people say shit like "tibbles wouldnt hurt a fly" all cats have natural (very effective) hunting instincts, unless they have some disability, it will probably kill if let outside.

    In australia feral cats are causing native animals to go extinct.

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  • [โ€“] 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Eh, my cat has the disability of a bell around his neck. He's killed quite a few invasive lizards, but I can say with confidence he's never killed a bird (he's very proud of the aforementioned lizard kills, and would absolutely be showing off any birds he managed to catch). I've watched him fail hilariously at pouncing on a butterfly.

    Bells are perfectly fine. I'd feel much worse cooping him up in a house all day every day.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    I've never heard or thought about bells it sounds like they would be pretty effective.

    After some research, which is hard to do with most websites trying to tell you there shitty product will stop hunting better than everyone else's. It looks like there aren't any studies that say bells reduce hunting more than 50%. Most cats just find ways around jiggling the bell or they just don't walk and wait for a bird to come within pouncing range.

    You can keep your cat however you want but I wouldn't be sure they aren't killing any birds, or noninvasive mammals or reptiles.

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  • [โ€“] [S] -4 points 4 months ago (10 children)

    Give me a place I can live where they have enough room inside then.

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    Why is it everybody else's responsibility to provide you with the situation necessary to have pets? Why didn't you secure the kind of housing needed before becoming a cat owner?

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

    Why don't people have my level of privilege!? They must not be trying hard enough! ๐Ÿ˜

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  • [โ€“] 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Pets are a privilege, surprise!! Is this news to you?

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 4 months ago

    You can take them outside, but they should be leashed.

    And I don't know why you're making a demand like that. Why is your attitude like this?

    If your usual reaction to finding out you're doing something wrong is to demand a stranger change drastic things about your life to resolve a problem you're causing, then it's harder to have sympathy for the situation you described in your original post here given that we only have one side of the story.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    Do you let your cat roam free? How many birds is letting your cat outside worth? cats are responsible for the majority of bird deaths in the united states.

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