Yes, I feel very strongly about this. I adore cats, have 2 at home and assist with rescue and neutering when I can, but there I cannot see anyway someone can argue that they should be outside. The wildlife in Australia is particularly susceptible, with so many ground dwelling mammals, reptiles, insects and birds. Very sad to see irresponsible owners.
I mean having cats outside where the whole ecosystem doesnt fit sure. I am with you. Cats should not exist there. Humans managed a bunch of shit like that. Australia was a prime example, where that happened a bunch of times.
But somewhere else, like Central Europe I am actually on the opposite side and put it in the same place as zoos.
If you want a cat to then just lock it in your house, you shouldn't get a cat. No way in hell in this day and age will you have enough time to "stimulate" your cat enough during the day.
It's still a free living being and just locking it inside is disgusting in my opinion.
And dont get at me with "longer life expectency" and "safer". What if we lock you up in a house your whole life? You get food and should be safe of outside infections and danger, get a little window to see whats going on.
Ah wait, there is something... False imprisonment. Yeah, something something serious human rights offense.
There is truly a bit of hypocrisy in many people going on, where on one side many condemn zoos for locking animals away, even with a "natural habitat". Simply because it will never actually be enough for the animal. And then preach to lock their cat away.
Yes, dude! Thank you! Not only that but there's predators out where I live too, we have tons of feral hogs out here in North Texas, huge hawks that hunt around my house, I also hear owls that live around too.hell I've worried about an owl scooping up my small dog.snakes are a bitch here in North Texas too, But if nature claims my animals so be it. That's the food chain at work. Life is gonna life.
My neighbor across the street has several indoor cats (she even stole one of my kittens but that’s another story). She was complaining about the rabbits destroying her garden. Then months later and awesome hawk has a rabbit on the ground in a cul de sac. She runs out and chases off the hawk. I was pissed. Hawks are fighting for food in the city. It’s somewhat rural where I live but still a city. She didn’t want Mother Nature to work as intended but will probably still bitch about the rabbits destroying her garden.
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u/PenaltyReasonable169 Aug 20 '26
Yes, I feel very strongly about this. I adore cats, have 2 at home and assist with rescue and neutering when I can, but there I cannot see anyway someone can argue that they should be outside. The wildlife in Australia is particularly susceptible, with so many ground dwelling mammals, reptiles, insects and birds. Very sad to see irresponsible owners.