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spiderbros Also I really hate that pets, particularly cats, kill a big amount of spiders, birds, lizards, bees, and all those very useful creatures, (useful co

spiderbros Also I really hate that pets, particularly cats, kill a big amount of spiders, birds, lizards, bees, and all those very useful creatures, (useful compared to pets). With 1 billion+ pets, it's an issue, and many cats go outside. It's like a 5% larger human footprint, when you consider also all the care/food brought to them, completely unnecessary

cmurf 9y ago
I once had a neighbor constantly losing track of her outdoor cat, and would wander around calling the cat by name for an hour. I relayed this obnoxious story to a nature photographer, he said kill the cat, as in shoot it. I said no. He said to buy him a plane ticket, and he'll shoot the cat. A family member is a veterinary technician, and says outdoor cats do a lot of damage, and the cat themselves lives a shorter life. Outdoor cats should be considered the same as any stray animal or varmint and picked up by animal control, but I guess it's impractical for whatever reason. Anyway, cats should be kept indoors, and outdoor cat owners are ignorant.
- PeachPlum 9y ago
  Unethical Life Tip Catch the cat and release it 50 miles away
- oneeyedpigeon 9y ago
  What country are you guys from that the phrase “outdoor cat” is a thing? Where I live, the uk, that’s just a cat; “indoor cat” would be the notable, unusual state.
  - badpun 9y ago
    Any cat kept in a flat above ground level is pretty much an indoor cat. In some countries, most people don’t live in houses, but in flats.
- HankB99 9y ago
  If you want to know why Animal Control would rather just leave the stray cats alone, look up "Pinky the cat" on Youtube. ;)
- specialist 9y ago
  Upvoted. Cats are menace. They kill a billion birds yearly. IIRC, 2/3rds of cats are feral. Cat owners who let their cat outside are perpetuating the problem. My preferred solution to the cat problem is coyotes. Source: Volunteered at Audubon for a decade.
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PeachPlum 9y ago
For more happy thoughts, many of the ones that only eat inside dine on food produced by human slavery: e.g. Nestlé (Purina) admits slavery in Thailand while fighting child labour lawsuit in Ivory Coast https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/feb/01/nestle-slavery-thailand-fighting-child-labour-lawsuit-ivory-coast https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/feb/01...

cmurf 9y ago

I once had a neighbor constantly losing track of her outdoor cat, and would wander around calling the cat by name for an hour. I relayed this obnoxious story to a nature photographer, he said kill the cat, as in shoot it. I said no. He said to buy him a plane ticket, and he'll shoot the cat. A family member is a veterinary technician, and says outdoor cats do a lot of damage, and the cat themselves lives a shorter life. Outdoor cats should be considered the same as any stray animal or varmint and picked up by animal control, but I guess it's impractical for whatever reason. Anyway, cats should be kept indoors, and outdoor cat owners are ignorant.

PeachPlum 9y ago
Unethical Life Tip Catch the cat and release it 50 miles away
oneeyedpigeon 9y ago
What country are you guys from that the phrase “outdoor cat” is a thing? Where I live, the uk, that’s just a cat; “indoor cat” would be the notable, unusual state.
- badpun 9y ago
  Any cat kept in a flat above ground level is pretty much an indoor cat. In some countries, most people don’t live in houses, but in flats.
HankB99 9y ago
If you want to know why Animal Control would rather just leave the stray cats alone, look up "Pinky the cat" on Youtube. ;)
specialist 9y ago
Upvoted. Cats are menace. They kill a billion birds yearly. IIRC, 2/3rds of cats are feral. Cat owners who let their cat outside are perpetuating the problem. My preferred solution to the cat problem is coyotes. Source: Volunteered at Audubon for a decade.

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PeachPlum 9y ago

For more happy thoughts, many of the ones that only eat inside dine on food produced by human slavery: e.g. Nestlé (Purina) admits slavery in Thailand while fighting child labour lawsuit in Ivory Coast https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/feb/01/nestle-slavery-thailand-fighting-child-labour-lawsuit-ivory-coast https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/feb/01...