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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Cats commit genocide on the avian population. If they would learn to behave they would get outside priviliges.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I think humans far outweigh the cats in the scale for harm done to animal populations on this earth.

Are we gonna really start policing whether or not people let their cats out over some dumb birds?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The damage done by cats is part of the human related harm. The cats did not relocate of their own volition. We put them there.

If you think any animal small enough to fit in a cats mouth is "some dumb bird," then I gotta say Mr. Random Dumb Ape, you sound like you would lose an intelligence test to the bird

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's fucking nature man. Let it be.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ay bud I get you failed biology but "let it be" about invasive species is the actual last thing you do

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Humans are the most invasive species.

Cats are way down the list.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Cats ranking on a nonexistent list of """most invasive""" doesnt matter.

Cats degree of invasion is directly controlled by humans. They are, arguably, an extention of us outside of their native ranges.

Reducing the impact of cat damage is a direct reduction of human damage. Because the cat was only able to do any damage at all because you let it go outside unsupervised.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not, actually, like the guy said, it's a human made problem.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because cats never killed something before we domesticated them, huh?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It was before there were 600 million of them.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Well if some dude went around climbing trees, destroying nests and killing the native birds people would probably complain. The harm humans cause is due to their pets too, cats wouldn't be where they are without humans. When there are too many outdoor cats in an area they breed a lot and effect bird populations which effects other parts of the ecosystem. Idk if it needs to be illegal but if it's discouraged the numbers of cats killing off birds can be reduced. If people can teach their cats not to eat birds then maybe it would be fine.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

I feel like this line of reasoning works for all pets. Like tigers, who cares about some dumb mammals. Also the damage cats do the ecosystems is part of the harm humans do.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Go live in your totalitarian hell hole then.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sometimes you Americans are just really weird.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I am not American. I am Dutch.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Not all of us, but there is a subset who passionately hate cats and are very loud in letting you know about it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I assume this only applies ro domestic felines?