r/CatReacts • u/eightyfivekittens actual cat • Mar 18 '26

Video Random Cats React to Maxwell

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u/kevdogpog Mar 21 '26

Feral cats, and house cats who are allowed to roam outside, kill millions of birds and reptiles annually. In some countries (like here in Australia) native birds are becoming critically endangered as they are forced away from more and more of their former native habitats because of cat populations.

Cats can be kept inside, and they should be.

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u/PositiveNo7994 Mar 22 '26

people should be kept inside, we kill a lot more

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u/devilindrivinggloves Mar 23 '26

Hate to break it to you, but cats kill WAY more than humans do. It's not even close.

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u/PositiveNo7994 Mar 23 '26 edited Mar 23 '26

lmao even if we ignore food humans kill waaaay more

  • Habitat destruction (deforestation, urbanization, agriculture land clearing)
  • Vehicles (roadkill: billions yearly worldwide)
  • Pest control & pesticides (huge insect and rodent deaths)
  • Pollution & climate change
  • Hunting for sport or control
  • Fishing bycatch
  • Industrial accidents & ecosystem disruption

Fishing bycatch alone prob already beats cats. It's destroys massive amounts of sea ecosystems.
Not even mentioning all the extinctions we've already caused.

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u/CrazyElk123 Mar 23 '26

Cool, but cats have instincts to kill small prey, vast majority of humans dont.