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Vermin control. It is what brought us and cats together in the first place: grain stores attracted small animals that could spoil the crop or otherwise spread
by dspillett 3y ago
Vermin control.
It is what brought us and cats together in the first place: grain stores attracted small animals that could spoil the crop or otherwise spread harmful disease, cats found these populations a very useful concentrated food source but did not cause nearly as much similar trouble themselves, so letting them stay around was a good bargain for us.
- jibbit 3y agoLots of rats and mice in places other farms e.g. cities, I’m just wondering why farms get special dispensation
- dspillett 3y ago> why farms get special dispensation wrt allendoerfer's comment: farm cats are not constrained to a small building (a house), and are a more natural part of the local ecosystem (they have generally been allowed to remain, or have craftily managed to remain, rather than having been shipped in by humans) so don't cause the same potential imbalance in local small animal populations (the ones humans find more desirable and less damaging, like birds).