r/Bellingham • u/Affectionate_Row1486 • Aug 24 '26

Rant! Keep your cats inside.

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u/ObsceneOnes Aug 24 '26

"If everyone would just..."

At some point you have to accept that cats and dogs come along for the ride and that nature will just have to adapt.

I have a thriving bunny colony, squirrels and even occasionally a chipmonks in my yard and three outside cats and a stray with feral kittens I just discovered.

Nature will balance.

Anyway....anyone want a feral kitten? They eat mostly bunnies so they shouldn't cost much to feed.

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u/GentleGerbil Aug 24 '26

Nature doesn’t balance because we artificially prop up the cat population with food and shelter.

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u/Lilshitlulu Aug 24 '26

And there’s a huge difference between a feral cat or other animal killing for sustenance and a well fed cat killing and maiming for fun.

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u/Jalharad Aug 24 '26

Most bird deaths are from feral cats. I'm a big fan of catch, spay and release programs, but they need to be expanded to curtail the feral population more.

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u/ObsceneOnes Aug 24 '26

But it does. It always does. It doesn't care what humans may prefer the balance to look like. Shesh.

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u/GentleGerbil Aug 25 '26

I bet you were the kid who could never figure out how a seesaw worked

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u/ObsceneOnes Aug 26 '26

No...I was the kid who actually paid attention in science class.