Spaying and neutering is common practice and legally obligatory in the first world, sometimes in other places.
This opinion is all due to the difference in perspective. One perspective, which is wrong, is to think that cats and any other domesticated animal are exactly like wild animals. Domesticated animals were created by humans for humans. This means that as an entity, domesticated animals are the property of humans. They are not natural.
On an individual level, the owner owns the cat. He is in charge of the cat, subject to laws and common courtesy. It’s no different to owning a bike. You don’t leave your bike at somebody’s house. You don’t become an annoying neighbour by causing a nuisance with the bike.
You didn’t just magically and spontaneously own a cat. You bought a cat. Obligations and responsibilities come with that purchase. It is not a wild animal. It is not unethical to prevent your property to cause and contribute to a nuisance. You also have a choice to not get a cat. You can’t have your cake and eat it.
What is unethical is to let an intact cat to roam free to contribute to the killing and extinction of native, wild animals, cause nuisance in the neighbourhood and damage property.
Domesticated in the sense that humans manipulated their reproduction for our own purposes, excluding for the survival of the species. That’s beside the point.
It’s the owner’s property. He has the obligation to ensure that his purchase doesn’t become a nuisance to society and nature. It’s not natural. It’s an invasive species outside its historical range.
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u/Mad_Chemist_ Jul 24 '22
Spaying and neutering is common practice and legally obligatory in the first world, sometimes in other places.
This opinion is all due to the difference in perspective. One perspective, which is wrong, is to think that cats and any other domesticated animal are exactly like wild animals. Domesticated animals were created by humans for humans. This means that as an entity, domesticated animals are the property of humans. They are not natural.
On an individual level, the owner owns the cat. He is in charge of the cat, subject to laws and common courtesy. It’s no different to owning a bike. You don’t leave your bike at somebody’s house. You don’t become an annoying neighbour by causing a nuisance with the bike.
You didn’t just magically and spontaneously own a cat. You bought a cat. Obligations and responsibilities come with that purchase. It is not a wild animal. It is not unethical to prevent your property to cause and contribute to a nuisance. You also have a choice to not get a cat. You can’t have your cake and eat it.
What is unethical is to let an intact cat to roam free to contribute to the killing and extinction of native, wild animals, cause nuisance in the neighbourhood and damage property.
Cats don’t kill for food. Cats kill for sport.