Animals and Pets

while pointing out the contradiction in the statement, with the various scenes surrounding the shithead.

Agreed. The "feral" (shed cats) that we take care of (and fixed)... They've killed all of maybe 12 animals in the past 8 years that we know of (maybe 10x that for shit they've killed that we didn't know about). The correct answer is that number would be thousands of critters... but isn't because we give them cat food that's available to them at will. It also stops them from roaming outside of the "local" area.

The large population of cats together can do a bunch of damage. Feral cats likely do a hell of a lot damage. But claiming that letting a single cat be outside is the end of the world for the local critters is crazy.

I as a human can make the conscious choice to live in harmony with the living beings around me. Cats are predators that act on instinct most of the time. It isn't their fault that they hunt delicate species to extinction just for fun - they literally cannot help it. Which is why we, the humans with big brains and reason, need to help them more harmoniously with their environment. Especially given that we are the bastards that brought them all over the world in the first place.

your cat does not need to hunt live animals to be happy and healthy. That's what cat toys are for. You should be playing with your cat at least 20 minutes a day, if not more. I get that some cats get lazy and don't want to play for 20 minutes, and I got no judgment for stopping early if your cat is super uninterested. But you gotta at least try every day. That's just part of responsible cat parenting.

To @Faydaikin@beehaw.org's point, I think that if you can't do that, you shouldn't adopt a cat.

I also rarely go outside, I am a perfectly normal human.

Where did I say that? Felis catus aka the domestic cat would not be in North America. In fact, as I learned when doing research into their native habitat, domestic cats only exist because of artificial selection, so would not be anywhere. In regards to native species in North America, domestic cats hunt different species of animals compared to the native counterparts. They also tend to do so in smaller ranges, with higher numbers in smaller areas. For instance, bobcats tend to have ranges from about 3-8 square miles, with variations based on age, sex, and season. They hunt rabbits (and other rodents) and medium to large birds. Domestic cats hunt small rodents and birds, but live in much smaller areas with much higher numbers packed into that small area.

I do agree that humans are the problem. Letting cats outside, not getting them fixed, essentially creating feral cat colonies is the problem. I don't think anyone saying you should not let your cats outside is saying anything besides that.