• naught@sh.itjust.works
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      18 hours ago

      Outdoor cats have a far shorter life expectancy and damage the local ecosystem. Why don’t you care?

      • Tiefkuehlkost@feddit.org
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        17 hours ago

        Not every place in the world is America, there are many places where cats are native, and dont get driven over as much because all is full of cars, i got mine to specifically damage the sorounding mice ecosystem because having the pest control there every six months is expensive.

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          10 hours ago

          “Many Places” umm no, not domesticated house cats.

          And if you live in a place with native and wild small felines it’s even more important to keep domesticated cats inside since they will compete for food or mix genetics by trying to interbreed and put the native wild population of cats in danger of diseases.

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          Cats originated in Egypt and spread across the world basically by humans. So unless you’re in Egypt, cats aren’t native to your ecosystem.

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          There’s plenty parts of America that are like that as well. A lot of areas, having an outdoor cat is almost necessary you want an outdoor garden, since otherwise the local rodents will just eat it all.