The cats expression is like:
“Check mate”
this post was submitted on 05 Jul 2025
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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.
Why?
Because cats are a godawful menace to local small vertebrate populations.
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.
Humans contribute to way more.
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.
They murder so, so many birds.
That look: "You only cared for my wellbeing when I was up here and not down there. Curious double-standard, is it not?"
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.
Right? But they can do that absolutely flawless and surprisingly well! Though most don't do it.
One of ours loved lying in my daughters bed when she had one with a ladder leading to it and it was amazing how he went up. Sadly I never got to take a photo or video of him doing it.
friend rescued a roof dog. common to put chihuahuas on the roof for security in Mexico.
But seriously, if kitty got up there kitty can get down ( most of the time ).
Awesome. We really are a reddit replacement. We have reposters!
Maybe they hadn't seen it before, and I'm sure not even you will search through the entirety of Lemmy to make sure you're not posting something (horror of horrors) for the second time.
They obviously had fun.
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