• three@lemmy.zipEnglish
    98·
    3 months ago

    Assuming this is an outdoor cat (collar and bell), they’ll get their fill of violence from decimating local bird populations 🙂

    • toxoplasma0gondii@feddit.orgEnglish
      93·
      3 months ago

      There are studies indicating that 1. The Urbanisation of previous bird habitat has a much bigger impact on certain populations and 2. Most of the birds killed are common and adapted to urban life. Which leads to the conclusion that cats are not the one and only big problem for sining bird population, which is mostly spoken of in this context.

      • Fondots@lemmy.worldEnglish
        122·
        3 months ago

        Regardless of if they’re a major factor or not, or what species they’re targeting, it’s still a shitty thing to do to allow your pet to fuck with the local wildlife.

        If you wouldn’t go out killing birds, don’t let your cat do it either.

        • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pubEnglish
          4·
          3 months ago

          So… if they would go out and kill birds, their pet can?

          Lolol! (/s, in case my joke wasn’t clear)

    • douglasg14b@lemmy.worldEnglish
      61·
      3 months ago

      Not if they die from the non-detachable collar snagging on a branch first 😕

    • FiveMacs@lemmy.caEnglish
      15·
      3 months ago

      wth is an outdoor catm…that’s called animal abuse, or a stray…which most likely happened because it was an abuse cat by people allowing their pets to roam outside freely.