Current Events > It should be legal to kill stray cats

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If people can kill invasive species such as pythons, pigs, and lion fish to help ecosystems, feral cats should be lethally removed as well.

This isnt the cats fault, same as it isnt the other animals fault; this is a problem caused by humans. Humans must be the solution.

Its bogus to have to tolerate an invasive species killing the native fauna.

Uh, WTF?

If we're allowed to kill invasive species for the good of the native species, then humans should be the first to go.

I hate cat haters

It's legal in Australia I believe.

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If people can kill invasive species such as pythons, pigs, and lion fish

I hate cat haters

But strays take care of the rodent population

But they shouldn't. There, you can close topic now, you wicked man.

Youre cool with pythons ruining the Everglades and hogs trashing parts of the USA?

Yes

Did the idea of capturing the cats and making them available to become pets ever cross your mind? We don't have to kill them

I have a problematic neighbor that continues to get cats, where they are allowed to come and go as they please. They end up as carcasses on the street or nabbed by coyotes.

I wouldn't ever want to kill them, though. That's not cool

so you don't care about the ecosystems

They suck at it in the USA at least. Owls and (native) snakes do a better job and dont disrupt balance.

Humans are invasive too!

Thats negligent behavior. So shes basically feeding the coyotes at that point. If your pet gets nabbed once, thats sad. Multiple times? Shes just feeding the coyotes at this point. Might as well get the coyotes a kennel. Also, animals dont understand traffic, so letting pets gets them pancaked. Some people shouldnt be allowed to have pets.

Did the idea of capturing the cats and making them available to become pets ever cross your mind? We don't have to kill them

Theres too many ferals to the point some shelters wont even take them. If there was more shelter space or decent sanctuaries, I wouldnt believe culling is necessary.
Unfortunately, we get garbage like tnr that doesnt actually negate the impact on native wildlife.

People are being so reactionary to this. I literally work and love cats but I'm not seething at this. I understand his point.

not my understanding? Source?

Notice how everyone is too busy getting mad while not offering any counterarguments or even acknowledging the problem. Outdoor cats and the human negligence that allows for them to run free plays a direct role in the current mass extinction. Cats kill billions and billions of animals a year, and have driven dozens of species to extinction just on their own.

People know this. They just don't give a shit, because they like cats. But they'll be quick to cry about a species becoming endangered (unless it's because of cats, then it'll be swept under the rug).

https://www.wildlifeprofessional.org/western/transactions/tr1999_5.html

Cats at artificially high densities, sustained by supplemental feeding, reduced the abundance of native rodent and bird populations, changed the rodent species composition, and may have facilitated the expansion of the house mouse into new areas.