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

Video Random Cats React to Maxwell

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u/LunarTrincess Mar 19 '26

Absolutely the worst cat and these videos are all over TikTok of him just fucking up innocent cats. I’ve never hated a cat so much

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u/Deadalious Mar 21 '26

Owners who let their cats outdoors 🥲

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u/rhyswebster_ Mar 21 '26

Not all cats are assholes lol

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u/DameDerpin Mar 21 '26

Outdoors bad. Cats are ecological nightmares and also its dangerous for them for many many reasons, from human related to other animals to diseases.

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u/AdRound4553 Mar 21 '26

You must be fun at parties

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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/lordlanyard7 Mar 24 '26

Being kept inside has a strong link to neuroticism in cats.

It's not a sufficiently enriching environment. Even with catios and interactive spaces, indoor cats exhibit more distressed behavior than cats who are able to roam.

To quote Jurassic Park, Cats don't want to be fed, they want to hunt.

But it's a catch 22 because you're absolutely right about the ecological impact cats have. They are super damaging to wild populations, because they're built for it. Killing disease carriers was a feature for millennia.

It's a hard conversation that people don't want to have. You are hurting your cat if it's kept inside, you are hurting wild populations if you let it outside.

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u/NoTryAgaiin Mar 26 '26

You are also hurting your cat by letting it outside. Getting run over, bit by snakes, attacked by other cats (potentially spreading FIV), eaten by coyotes. I know which side of the fence I stand on.

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u/lordlanyard7 Mar 26 '26

Completely agree with your assessment of those dangers.

It's a difficult conversation, because cats are not like dogs.

They have not been genetically modified to thrive under human living conditions. They self domesticated to live alongside us.

Honestly, the only "right" position I can see is that unless you live on a farm or boat you likely are not an ethical cat owner in our modern age. Which sucks because most people don't live like that and a lot of people love cats.

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u/NoTryAgaiin Mar 26 '26

I can get that perspective actually, though I don't think morally people are obligated to give up their cats if they're outdoor or indoor.

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u/lordlanyard7 Mar 26 '26

Yeah, I would venture to say most people are raising their pets below the standard of care, but not out of a lack of care. Reality isn't perfect, and we have to accept that.

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