People have been using cats for pest control for literally thousands of years, wildlife problems mostly arise from people in suburban or semi-rural environments who let their un-spayed or un-neutered cats wander outside for no good reason. Farm cats have plenty to hunt at home and there would be rodent problems without other natural predators in these environments.
Not everything is a crusade. Get your pets fixed, keep them indoors if you care about them, don’t let them wander outside if they’re just going to kill birds for no reason all day. Simple as.
Do you get upset about the coyotes and bears that live outside? Do you get upset some people avoid homes filled with pet dander, and their petless homes are cleaner than others?
This is the worst argument I’ve ever heard in defense of outdoor cats. Granted, there are zero legitimate arguments for outdoor cats, so managing to find such a shitty reason is actually kind of impressive.
No, because they are not hunting bird and small animal species to extinction.
They’re also part of the native ecosystem so anything they do kill is generally for subsitence, and not impactful to the ecosystem they’ve existed with for thousands of years.
Barn cats are peak cat. You get to play with them outside, they eat rodents, they don’t come inside and ruin everything.
Yeah, fuck the local wildlife if it means you don’t have to deal with the hair of your pet being on your couch.
People have been using cats for pest control for literally thousands of years, wildlife problems mostly arise from people in suburban or semi-rural environments who let their un-spayed or un-neutered cats wander outside for no good reason. Farm cats have plenty to hunt at home and there would be rodent problems without other natural predators in these environments.
Not everything is a crusade. Get your pets fixed, keep them indoors if you care about them, don’t let them wander outside if they’re just going to kill birds for no reason all day. Simple as.
Do you get upset about the coyotes and bears that live outside? Do you get upset some people avoid homes filled with pet dander, and their petless homes are cleaner than others?
no i just feed shelter cats to the coyotes while my daughter cries
cats are devastating to local ecosystems. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_predation_on_wildlife
So are humans
Yeah, and introducing invasive species is one of our strongest weapons to that end.
Yeah, we should just call it a day on humans. It’s just not working out. Sterilize everyone and pack it in.
Fuck off with the ecofash doomerism.
This is the worst argument I’ve ever heard in defense of outdoor cats. Granted, there are zero legitimate arguments for outdoor cats, so managing to find such a shitty reason is actually kind of impressive.
I cannot care less, pets are a luxury. Enjoy your fuzzy furniture. Farm animals live in a barn.
No, because they are not hunting bird and small animal species to extinction.
They’re also part of the native ecosystem so anything they do kill is generally for subsitence, and not impactful to the ecosystem they’ve existed with for thousands of years.
Barn cats just kill for fun.
*Rodents, the local birds, and other small animals.
Good if you have kids too. Encourages them to go outside