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Talking about my own country specifically here:
They're not really in competition. They're mainly concentrated in the pretty much unpopulated highlands, whereas domestic cats owned by humans are mainly concentrated in the central belt.
Scottish Wildcats are endangered technically, but not in terms of competition from domestic cats killing them or taking their food. Rather, they're interbreeding (because they're so similar!). That's just evolution at the end of the day.
Even though they're still considered endangered because "pure" wildcats population is reducing, the wildcats are still living and creating offspring, some of which are still wild cats, even if they're not purebred "wildcat".
So irresponsible cat owners let their cats outside and didn't neuter or spay them. Cool beans.
It's just evolution lol
It's irresponsible to not neuter or spay a housecat, yes. I agree. Most do but some irresponsible owners don't.
It doesn't change the fact that the only real danger domestic cats pose to wildcats is interbreeding. Which isn't really a danger.
What they certainly aren't doing is what you claimed: taking their food source. It's just not a concern.
Yet the subject was about what cats do to bird populations and you hopped in with your cat fucking gotcha. Good job in derailing the topic.
Aw, are you sad now? You can't think of anything else so you complain about the topic being changed ever so slightly to letting cats outside (still very much related)?
Anyways, you are just as responsible as me for switching topic.
And that's how a conversation typically works. If you strictly never even slightly deviate the conversation will fall flat on it's face in two minutes.
Also, I addressed the bird thing elsewhere. You should see it, since it's a direct reply to you, the high-horse shining example of global animal population ethics American.