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Post by Wowfunhappy »

omcnoe wrote: post #17

These feeders are part of a stray cat control program in China, aiming to both feed & neuter stray cat populations there. There have been some distasteful incidents of online groups organizing to try and harm/kill specific cats famous through this feeder program. China lacks animal welfare laws to protect these cats, it's not a crime. So people have taken to identifying these abusers and reporting them to their emplo…

"Membership" in anything should never be criminalized—that's freedom of association. Animal abuse should be criminalized.

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Post by npteljes »

throw9394948 wrote: post #18
omcnoe wrote: post #17

These feeders are part of a stray cat control program in China, aiming to both feed & neuter stray cat populations there. There have been some distasteful incidents of online groups organizing to try and harm/kill specific cats famous through this feeder program. China lacks animal welfare laws to protect these cats, it's not a crime. So people have taken to identifying these abusers and reporting them to their emplo…

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So to throw me to prison, all one needs to do is break in, and let my cat loose.

Also, abandonment is just a minuscule part of human animal abuse.

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Post by Edd314159 »

The Purrrr app (which shows feeders like this) is really quite an experience. It’s just as hyperactive as a Temu or AliExpress, with as much dopamine hacking as a TikTok, but… for good? I think?

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Post by omcnoe »

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #21
omcnoe wrote: post #17

These feeders are part of a stray cat control program in China, aiming to both feed & neuter stray cat populations there. There have been some distasteful incidents of online groups organizing to try and harm/kill specific cats famous through this feeder program. China lacks animal welfare laws to protect these cats, it's not a crime. So people have taken to identifying these abusers and reporting them to their emplo…

"Membership" in anything should never be criminalized—that's freedom of association. Animal abuse should be criminalized.

We essentially criminalize membership in other kinds of criminal groups centered around producing and sharing illegal content, the same should apply to animal abuse.

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Post by Kichererbsen »

throw9394948 wrote: post #18
omcnoe wrote: post #17

These feeders are part of a stray cat control program in China, aiming to both feed & neuter stray cat populations there. There have been some distasteful incidents of online groups organizing to try and harm/kill specific cats famous through this feeder program. China lacks animal welfare laws to protect these cats, it's not a crime. So people have taken to identifying these abusers and reporting them to their emplo…

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Sometimes cats just get lost: The go on a walk-about and can't find the way home. I have a hunch that's more common than animal abuse. How does your system address that?

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Post by awesome_dude »

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #21
omcnoe wrote: post #17

These feeders are part of a stray cat control program in China, aiming to both feed & neuter stray cat populations there. There have been some distasteful incidents of online groups organizing to try and harm/kill specific cats famous through this feeder program. China lacks animal welfare laws to protect these cats, it's not a crime. So people have taken to identifying these abusers and reporting them to their emplo…

"Membership" in anything should never be criminalized—that's freedom of association. Animal abuse should be criminalized.

Tell that to the members of organisations deemed to be terrorists

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Post by awesome_dude »

Kichererbsen wrote: post #28
throw9394948 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Sometimes cats just get lost: The go on a walk-about and can't find the way home. I have a hunch that's more common than animal abuse. How does your system address that?

I was thinking about all the stories of people moving homes, and their pets escaping to return to the place they just left, sometimes across continents
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