That and your cat misses the chance to wipe out native species from local ecosystems.
I lived like in bumfuck no where and people not practicing safe hunting is what killed my cats, and my daddy pulled the code violations up for me so I at least knew I was supposed to be living in wildlife respecting land. He also told me which neighbors were probably breaking the law that killed animals and told me to go knock and ask if my cat was in their traps—traps are supposed to be checked frequent enough nothing dies in them… but I was so scared of people who just let animals die and rot for nothing that tweeny me wasn’t gonna go knock on gun owing safety neglecting homes.
Add to that I knew a bunch of boys that literally practiced taking out birds with one slinged stone and I just become kind indifferent. Like “cats kill birds”? Well I know humans and human children do the same shit when you send them out to make their own fun in the middle of no where.
That’s also bumfuck no where that doesn’t really get WiFi without a satellite subscription for at least $400-$600 USD a month depending on the provider.
FIRST OFF NO. YOU CAN LEASH TRAIN A CAT AND BUY VARIOUS TOYS, INCLUDING ELECTRONIC ONES THAT ACTUALLY FUCKING MOVE FOR ENRICHMENT AND YOU CAN EVEN TRY THIS FUN CONCEPT CALLED ACTUALLY PLAYING WITH YOUR GOD DAMN CAT! SECOND: FOR THOSE DISABLED OR UNWILLING TO WATCH THE VIDEO.
Highlights include:
The average cat can birth up to twelve kittens a year.
The kittens are born feral which means there are at least seventy million (70,000,000) feral cats as of that Adam Ruins Everything Segment.
For every cat inside there is one outside.
Outdoor cats suffer from more pain and harm compared to an indoor cat which includes disease; attacks from dogs, coyotes, hawks, other cats, humans, and even being hit by cars
Outdoor cats live much, much shorter life spans than their house kept counterparts. Indoor cats can live up to fifteen (15) years versus an outdoor cat who tends to live up FIVE (5).
OUTDOOR CATS ARE AN INVASIVE SPECIES TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND DO NOT BELONG OUTDOORS. PERIOD END OF FUCKING STATEMENT.
REGARDLESS OF IF THEY ARE HUNGRY OR NOT, OUTDOOR CATS WILL KILL BIRDS FOR FUN! A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE IS THAT FERAL CATS HAVE KILLED OVER 1.3 BILLION BIRDS AND HAVE DRIVEN AT LEAST TWENTY (20) SPECIES OF BIRD EXTINCT IF NOT MORE. EXTINCT SPECIES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: Chatham Bellbird- EXTINCT 1906, Lyall’s Wren- EXTINCT 1895, Bushwrens- EXTINCT 1972, Laughing Owls- EXTINCT 1914, and the Chatham Fern Bird- EXTINCT 1905 BIRDS SUCH AS THE NOW EXTINCT ABOVE HELP POLLINATE AND SPREAD SEEDS HENCH WHY THEY ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE NORTH AMERICAN ECOSYSTEM!! CATS ARE NOT PART OF THIS ECOSYSTEM! THEY! ARE! AN! INVASIVE! SPECIES! THAT FUCKING KILLS NATIVE ONES!
While groups such as Hannah Shaw (TheKittenLady) and the Orphan Kitten Club promote Trap, Neuter, and Return (TNR) for adult feral cats and even go as far as helping domesticate any feral kittens she comes across, it still doesn’t help the problem of CATS BEING AN INVASIVE SPECIES TO A LOCATION AND MURDERING ENTIRE SPECIES OF BIRDS.
