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Keep your cat indoors and/or supervise them outdoors. Don't be a shitty pet owner.
Catios are a win-win situation for housecats and wildlife.
OTOH, I have a cat who can't effectively jump onto the bed by himself. Your mileage may vary. :)
I have had cats who live with murderous intent, but then I also have this football.
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We need to get outdoor cats off the streets. They're Argentine ants with a cute face, which makes them all the more sinister.
Agreed. Maybe we could convert unused office space into giant stray cat condos.
Some days after our old cat passed away we noticed birds singing in our garden.
Cats are apex predators even at an old age.
House cats are highly effective hunters. They are by no means apex predators.
House cats are NOT apex predators. Apex means they're at the top and nothing preys on them. Cats are preyed on by cougars, wolves, coyotes, foxes, eagles, etc.
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Three letters that keep my cat on a leash outdoors.
F.eline
I.mmunodeficiency
V.irus
Its cat aids, its real, and if caught your mittens is not going to have a good time.
While I definitely lean towards not letting cats roam free (not even possible in our current living situation), I'd say that FeLV and FIP scare me way more than FIV. FIV+ cats can live relatively normal, long lives when living in safe, caring homes with some very basic precautions
FIV is primarily transmitted via saliva in deep bite wounds when one cat bites another, and the majority of those bites occur when an intact male cat bites another intact male cat, so if your cats are spayed/neutered, the risk of contracting FIV drops significantly. With proper slow introductions between altered cats, FIV+ and FIV- cats can live together with minimal risk of transmission.
I only mention this because there's so many FIV+ cats that get stuck in the shelters due to stigma, and wish I could save them all.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feline_immunodeficiency_virus
Can confirm.
This story always gets spicy comments. Every. Single. Time.
Yeah, folks gets tetchy about being told they need to keep their cute little murder fluff inside for both its sake and the local wildlife.
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That's because it's clickbaity bullshit posted to drive engagement. It's not a bug, it's a feature 😉
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I adopted a stray recently. She has expressed zero interest in Outside ever since. She just wants love and cuddles. One less on the streets.
People get absurdly angry when I bring out this fact, street cats are pests, and pest must be controlled.
But of course. Australia alone proves this.
"There were even cows on that list, though they were probably the result of scavenging rather than hunting." I'd like to think that no, house cats took down a 2000 pound cow.
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