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[–] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

lions, tigers, etc should also be kept indoors

[–] loaExMachina@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Indeed they should and are, except when they are in their natural habitat. It's better to not take them out of their habitat in the first place, but it's also better to not release a buch of them in an environment that can't handle them.

[–] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago

except when they are in their natural habitat.

no exceptions

[–] boiledfrog@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What about cats in their natural habitat

[–] loaExMachina@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you live in the natural habitat of the north african wildcat, it's a complicated question, because if cats outnumber their wild counterparts and interbreed with them, their descendants risk adopting unnatural behaviors like losing their fear of humans. The higher than normal number of predators could also be a risk for other local species (they may be used to being hunted by wild cats, but not that many...). So, yeah, depending on the cat population density in the area, they should probably stay indoors to.

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm on team outdoor cat tbh

Just let them vibe

spoilerpicard-troll

[–] Yurt_Owl@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

Insects get owned by my indoor cat as well.

[–] Civility@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago
[–] PaulSmackage@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

Gonna stack a bunch of outdoor cats with problematic age gaps in order to sow chaos in the world.

[–] Cysioland@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Funny how people hate outdoor dogs roaming the streets yet have no problem with outdoor cats roaming the streets, curious

[–] space_comrade@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Outdoor cats generally don't threaten to maul me and usually just run away.

[–] Cysioland@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it was a bit jocular

[–] Candidate@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s 100% someone else’s cat two timing lol

[–] Candidate@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Well, he's adopted her now, so I guess they're going to be missing out.

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

See folks this is why I keep my cat indoors. Not to protect the wildlife, not to avoid predators or cars, it’s because I know the mfer would upgrade

[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

Outdoor cats are a much more common problem in international-community-1 international-community-2 than stray dogs

[–] Dickey_Butts@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Fuck gastropods though. Slimy bastards stay off my onions. I don't want a brain eating amoeba. Go back to the sea where you belong.

[–] the_kid@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

as a bird enjoyer, I condemn outdoor cats

[–] hopelessbyanxiety@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

this is true, but both my outdoor cats share the absolute disgust for the only amphibian i know of in my garden. That toad is a legend.

[–] Annakah69@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Humans poison trillions of "pest animals" a year. Outdoor cats could be part of a solution.

Birds need to get good.

[–] Lochat@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

I'm just going to interpret this as being pro-poisoning outdoor cats.