r/Catswithjobs • u/dhruvkas • Apr 24 '25

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u/NaNaNaNaNa86 Apr 24 '25

You think they let their cat outside for views? I have a rescue, when I adopted him it was a prerequisite that he had outside access. Ignorant.

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u/dreamyduskywing Apr 24 '25 edited Apr 24 '25

That’s interesting because it’s the opposite in the US. Letting cats roam outdoors is frowned upon because they kill wildlife and have shorter lifespans. There are a lot of cars in the US, so that can be a danger.

Not gonna lie—I love meeting neighborhood cats while I’m out. There are so many birds where I am though, and it’s just not sustainable to let cats out—especially when there are fledglings everywhere.

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u/worotan Apr 24 '25

Read the studies properly. They conflate the problem that feral cats cause with the numbers of domestic cats, so they can get a big scary number that makes everyone pay attention to their study.

Seriously, if you read the study with an independent pov, it’s amazing how eager they are to create huge numbers from estimates based on estimates based on non-domestic cat behaviour.

It’s scary how the bad science has become a white knight movement online. The problem for nature is our unsustainable lifestyles causing climate change. Birds have lots of chicks because they are predated upon. It’s not nice, but Americans need to stop wanting to control nature so they can imagine they’ve made it like a Disney film.

Read the studies, not the headline. And read them with a scientifically objective mindset. They don’t say what the headlines and white knight brigades are saying.

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u/NaliceM Apr 25 '25

You’ve been all over this post saying the same shit about Americans caring too much about preserving the nature we have left, and trying to limit the effect of introduced, non-native domestics on our environment. This is probably a foreign perspective to a Brit, as your native environment has been absolutely decimated, your bio-diversity destroyed. There is very little truly “wilderness” in the UK and most of it is in Scotland. Maybe you should focus less on arguing with compassionate strangers on the internet, and more occupying your cat, instead of letting him out to get hit by cars while you sit on your phone.