I've always said if cats were the size of dogs they would be outlawed. I have 3
They are called tigers
Cats kill a staggering number of species across the world
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#22I've read multiple times that there've been discussions in a few places around the world to ban cats, or certain breeding of cats to save wildlife, or birds specifically. But I haven't heard any law become real, anyone?
Cats roamed free for hundreds and hundreds years now. It is not like their presence was a new change.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
There are cats the size of dogs, and they are usually outlawed as pets. Look at cougars, lynx, panthers, tigers, etc.
My understanding is that while wild and vicious, cheetahs and anything smaller doesn't try to attack / eat people.
They are large enough to eat small kids. You might be safe from them on a hike but you wouldn't want those playing in the same park as your kids.
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#24There recently was a finding about power lines that also kill numerous birds. What I'd those are attributes to cats?
As with all estimates, there's a degree of error. Even when factoring in death by other means, cats are murdering machines that should be locked up.
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#25Cats have been domestic pets in the UK since at least the times of Roman civilisation, and have been allowed to roam free for much of that time. It's odd to me that there's such a contrast between attitudes towards cats roaming in Europe (which I would say is completely the norm, particularly in e.g. the UK) and the United States (and now Australia), though perhaps this is just down to different native fauna. > The E…
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
There are cats the size of dogs, and they are usually outlawed as pets. Look at cougars, lynx, panthers, tigers, etc.
My understanding is that while wild and vicious, cheetahs and anything smaller doesn't try to attack / eat people.
Adult people, cheetahs will eat kids
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#28No kidding. Where I live, we had many different kinds of small birds and bunnies in our yard. A couple of years ago, 2 Neighbors got a cat and they let them out. After 6 months, no birds and no rabbits. Now all I see are crows and an occasional Blue Jay. All the small song birds are gone.
IMO, there should be a $2000 USD tax per year on owning cats. If you do not register the cat, you get a hefty fine. Also dog catchers should be allowed to pick up cats roaming outside.
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#29Cats have been domestic pets in the UK since at least the times of Roman civilisation, and have been allowed to roam free for much of that time. It's odd to me that there's such a contrast between attitudes towards cats roaming in Europe (which I would say is completely the norm, particularly in e.g. the UK) and the United States (and now Australia), though perhaps this is just down to different native fauna. > The E…
> Cats have been domestic pets in the UK since at least the times of Roman civilisation, and have been allowed to roam free for much of that time.
The human population in UK has increased more than 10x since then, if cat population increased accordingly there are way more cats killing things today than back then.
The more humans around the more careful we have to be about our impact on the environment, so we have to be 10 times as careful today as we used to be historically.
Re: Cats kill a staggering number of species across the world
#30Cats have been domestic pets in the UK since at least the times of Roman civilisation, and have been allowed to roam free for much of that time. It's odd to me that there's such a contrast between attitudes towards cats roaming in Europe (which I would say is completely the norm, particularly in e.g. the UK) and the United States (and now Australia), though perhaps this is just down to different native fauna. > The E…
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