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We are way past this point. This huge population of cats exists solely because we are breeding cats. Besides that, we are killing lots of other, apparently less
by throwaway_99999 3y ago
We are way past this point. This huge population of cats exists solely because we are breeding cats. Besides that, we are killing lots of other, apparently lesser animals, in order to feed them to our cats. What do you call this, if not playing god?
- MrOwnPut 3y agoCats don't need help breeding. GP even said "feral cat". I don't know of any "cat breeders". They are just a resilient species. I suppose we could make some sort of "equity" system for species based on an arbitrary metric, but that's closer to playing God.
- throwaway_99999 3y agoDomestic cats as a species had been introduced to America by humans, and still are explicitly kept and feed by humans. I'd call that breeding. This also sets an easy and natural metric of how many cats should be there: 0.
- MrOwnPut 3y agoSo your metric is how an animal got to a location? Birds can fly, not really fair to the feline species concerning which places it's allowed, eh? Zero cats should be allowed to exist in NA? No open borders for cats!?
- guraf 3y ago> Zero cats should be allowed to exist in NA? Zero non neutered cat should be allowed to exist in North America, correct.
- romwell 3y ago>Domestic cats as a species had been introduced to America by humans, and still are explicitly kept and feed by humans. I'd call that breeding. This also sets an easy and natural metric of how many cats should be there: 0. Same applies to humans of non-native descent, I presume?