Post #571750

2026-03-07 15:02 UTC

The BES article you linked is more about conservation law than actual impacts and the studies it uses as example are primarily from places like north America and Australia where cats are invasive. In places like the UK cats have been here for literally thousands of years and used to be far more independent and reliant on hunting, so any damage they would have done to our ecosystem would have been done a thousand years ago. They mostly are self sustaining, which is why TNR is so important. And so do foxes and birds and rats and voles and every other kind of animal that passes through your garden. And I really want you to take a moment to appreciate you just come straight from arguing that outdoor cats are bad because they kill animals to talking about killing animals yourself. Once again, you’re a hypocrite and you don’t actually care about these animals you’re simply looking for an excuse to hate other people and feel morally superior to them. Cool and I was attacked by a dog that came off its lead as a kid. But if I tried to tell you that people shouldn’t take there dogs for a walk, even on a lead and you were a selfish person that doesn’t give a shit about other people because you take your dog on walks, you would just (rightly) think I’m crazy. Yes I do, I worry about him getting injured or doing something stupid, but it’s the same with kids, but we still let them play outside, because keeping them inside their entire lives would be incredibly cruel. Nah I’m good. I’m not the one making threats of violence over the internet. Also you literally started this with petty name calling, so it’s pretty rich of you to start clutching your pearls now lil guy.

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@bobzer@lemmy.zip 2026-03-07 15:27

The BES article you linked is more about conservation law than actual impacts and the studies it uses as example are primarily from places like north America and Australia where cats are invasive. Right… Well when you get a chance to actually read the article rather than pretend you did, let me know… And so do foxes and birds and rats and voles and every other kind of animal that passes through your garden. And these don’t get canned food when prey animals have been over hunted. So they’ll starve and their population will be balanced against their prey. I’m starting to think I gave you too much credit saying you understood this issue… they kill animals to talking about killing animals yourself I’m interested in protecting biodiversity, sometimes that involves killing… Or you know… simply supervising your pets when they’re outside. But clearly you don’t have the capacity for responsibility. Cool and I was attacked by a dog that came off its lead as a kid. But if I tried to tell you that people shouldn’t take there dogs for a walk, even on a lead and you were a selfish person that doesn’t give a shit about other people because you take your dog on walks, you would just (rightly) think I’m crazy. You’re comparing someone who tried and failed to control their animal. Which is bad. To yourself, who refuses to control their animal, which is easily 100x worse. but we still let them play outside, because keeping them inside their entire lives would be incredibly cruel. How fulfilling do you think the lives of all the birds precious Mittens has killed have been? I’m not the one making threats of violence over the internet. You’re the one actually committing violence by releasing a violent predator unsupervised. How do you know it hasn’t attacked a child? Also you literally started this with petty name calling, so it’s pretty rich of you to start clutching your pearls now lil guy. I know you’re very worked up right now. But take a breathe and try to calm down.

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