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The American Veterinary Medical Association said symptoms to watch for include a staggering gait, the inability to retract claws, extreme sensitivity to touch, tremors, and seizures. The illness usually lasts for a few days to a few weeks, but can also linger for more than a year.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 7 months ago

A variant of the rustrela virus -- related to the wider-known rubella virus which causes a skin rash in humans -- called RusV was discovered in a female mountain lion in Douglas County, Colorado last year, according to a study published in the journal, Emerging Infectious Diseases, this month.

The big cat was observed in May 2023 with lesions on her skin and signs of severe muscle weakness in her hind legs. She was also reluctant to get up and had decreased mobility.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Alerted my folks and friends with cats. Unlikely to have spread to Canada in any meaningful numbers, but best to have the knowledge and see if that can be vaccinated against

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago

You missed the important part.

It generally results in a decline that require the animal to be euthanized.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Very unpopular opinion: good. I love cats, but they are a pest when outside as they kill the local population.

If you have a cat, don't let them outside of your property unless you hate ecosystems.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Even more unpopular opinion.

Sprawling suburbs are much more damaging to the ecosystem than cats.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago

Agreed. If you have a human, don't let them build suburbs unless you hate ecosystems.

However, humans do observably seem to hate (or at least thoroughly ignore the needs of )ecosystems enough to ruin them, so I'm not sure enough people will listen.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago (1 children)

...that's a way more popular opinion lol

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Only on left leaning places like lemmy

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

No. It is not more unpopular than disliking cats. Cats are a nonpartisan issue. For now.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's not an either/or thing. Outdoor cats are causing an ecological disaster when it comes to birds. The big solution is to spay and neuter as many as possible, especially pets. Even indoor ones can escape.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_predation_on_wildlife

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

The added benefit is that when there are few enough cats that there are loving homes for most of them, then the percentage of kitties with humans to take care of them increases drastically.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago

Then support your local trap/spay/neuter charities. This is a miserable and painful way for them to die and likely wouldn't kill enough of them to get the effect you're hoping for. All you're wishing for here is needless suffering.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago

I am aware of how damaging cats are to the ecosystem, but regardless of that, I don't understand how you can live every day worrying whether the cat will come back or bring some kind of disease home with it. With our indoor cats I have control over what they eat and at most every few years they catch a cold. But nothing serious after 9 years of having indoor cats.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I hope this comment wont be in a netflix documentary about a killer

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I'll make sure to mention you when I talk to the FBI

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago

I hope it doesn't come to Japan. We have lots of cats running around the area that I moved to. I hope to start some trap+neuter/spay at some point, but can't afford it now. One of the cats will get close and hang out, but will not be touched. They're all varying shades of feral. On the plus side, they do help keep our rodent populations low (as do the snakes to a lesser degree (though they prefer toads), but I prefer non-venemous farm helpers

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

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