Ha! Cats, never change. I was on my roof fixing my satellite dish which is on a mast, and got the surprise of my life to suddenly feel my cat butting my ankles. I did not know he could climb a ladder.
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Just buy a $300 outdoor cat bed and stick it up there. He'll never go on the roof again.
That look: "You only cared for my wellbeing when I was up here and not down there. Curious double-standard, is it not?"
“You paid me little attention when I’m in house. You pay me big attention when I’m on house.”
But seriously, if kitty got up there kitty can get down ( most of the time ).
friend rescued a roof dog. common to put chihuahuas on the roof for security in Mexico.

Don't let your cat outside unless they are in a enclosed area
Besides them being predators, they also die easier outside. It cost us a lot to learn this lesson.
Outdoor domestic cats have directly contributed to the mass extinction of at least 33 species of wildlife worldwide: https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/documents/keep-cats-indoors.pdf
Plus the obvious answer, they live longer when they can't be mauled or run over.
OK, thanks.
So I guess the situation is this: it depends. For example our cats do kill a bird a year maybe (species that are around in large numbers) but they mostly hunt mice which are abundant in most places and it's actually a benefit to cull their numbers.
While we also had one cat get poisoned by assholes we don't have any issues with cats getting run over ever and that's in a (EU) city.
No. It doesn’t depend
It really does. Situated in Europe, there is no more wildlife to destroy. What wildlife could be destroyed by cats was decimated 10.000 years ago by people. At this point cats are important to cull rat and mice populations. Europe doesn't have nature anymore, and it hasn't in a very long time.
No. This is straight up wrong.
House cats are not effective mousers, they’re indiscriminate killers who will also kill rodents but will happily kill birds or whatever else they can.
Historically dogs are better mousers than cats, because you can train a dog to kill just what you want.
Cats are ambush predators, they’re not super into chasing prey very far.
Dogs on the other hand will.
It’s why the dachshund or rat terrier exists as a breed.
Your pet cat isn’t a beneficial member of the ecological niche. Sorry.
Feel free to look what I’m saying up and prove me wrong at any point.
If you say so.
Humans contribute to way more.
Humans bringing perfect predators around is one way how humans contribute to it.
Because cats are a godawful menace to local small vertebrate populations.
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