• kavila [any]
      4·
      4 years ago

      wait is everyone here just cool with outdoor cats? you understand there are legitimate issues with that right?

        • kavila [any]
          1·
          4 years ago

          sounds like it. this is super basic caring-for-your-local-ecosystem stuff. if this community needs to struggle over whether cats should be outdoors then it needs a meta-struggle about why "leftists" care more about their pets than the environment

      • KiaKaha [he/him]
        1·
        4 years ago

        FUCK outdoor cats

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        • kavila [any]
          ·
          4 years ago

          I usually throw up birdgang signs but I'm also pretty tight with nocatshitinchildrenssandboxesgang

      • PowerUser [they/them]
        ·
        4 years ago

        It's also very dangerous for your cat, pretty much halves life expectancy

        • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
          2·
          4 years ago

          Spay/neuter your indoor cats and take any cats you see outside to your friendly neighborhood ALF for reassignment

      • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
        ·
        4 years ago

        You're telling me there could be consequences to letting one of the most successful invasive species in the world roam around killing rodents and birds?

      • ziper1221 [none/use name,comrade/them]
        8·
        4 years ago

        yes, I do the ethical thing: declaw it, sew its mouth shut, and make sure both back legs are broken before letting it out the front door

        • kavila [any]
          1·
          4 years ago

          for real you just let it roam around, kill wildlife and bury feces in other people's yards? and you're gonna get snarky when people call you out on it?

            • DasKarlBarx [he/him,comrade/them]
              1·
              4 years ago

              Fair enough, I figured it was obvious I wasn't talking about maiming animals and was talking about thinks like collars (the only specific I mentioned) I didn't know about.

              But if everyone's just looking to be petty/flippant I won't ask.

              • Sphere [he/him, they/them]
                ·
                4 years ago

                Bell collars aren't really very effective, unfortunately. Cats generally hunt by staying still and quiet and waiting for unsuspecting prey to happen upon them, then pouncing on it when it does. So by the time the bell is ringing, it's already too late for the poor critter.

                Source: have cat with bell collar that was formerly allowed into a small fenced-off area next to the house, and it had no trouble murdering quite a number of different creatures even under those constraints.

                • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
                  ·
                  4 years ago

                  I just have a collar with a recording of me saying "WATCH OUT, HERE COMES FATASS, IM A BIG FUCKING IDIOT, BETTER RUN!" playing on loop with a small battery and a solar panel.