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You’re uninformed. Cats co-evolved with humans to serve a job (pest control, in exchange for safety and the occasional bit of food). There have only been fully indoor cats for a few hundred years. Not all cats have to have a job, but some WANT one, just like dogs. We should let them.

My cat is angry with me if I don’t let him spend at least 12 hours a day roaming and catching bugs and mice. He has neighbor cat friends that he goes to see. Why would I deprive him of that?

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I think we have different definitions of irresponsible or entitled behavior if you think giving the cat what it wants or otherwise doing whatever our selfish uninformed ancestors did is the correct option.

You should deprive your invasive manmade predator the option to kill local wildlife for sport because the local ecosystem takes irreparable damage every time a species goes extinct due to human incompetence. Cats naturally belonged to a small region of northern Africa and the Mediterranean before humans spread them across the entire earth and let their population boom from hundreds to hundreds of millions.

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Yes, as we all know cats never went outside before they were domesticated by humans…

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4 points

You think cats could sail? Then youre definitely stupid enough to let it roam outdoors

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Yeah, actually, that’s accurate. Cats generally stick to a small territory, lots of studies show this behavior to be consistent. The spread of domestic cats has always been understood to coalesce with the spread of human agriculture.

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-12 points

mmmmmega akshully vibes

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15 points

Ah yes, those damned educated people making choices that are beneficial to themselves and others. NEEEEEEERRRRRRRDDDSSSSS~!!!

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Your cat is your property. Keep it in your property. If your pet becomes my pest, it will be dealt with as such. I once had a neighbor’s cat almost rip through my window screen to get inside and go after my pet parrot. If the cat had made it inside, he would not have made it out alive.

Then I could return it’s corpse to you, and you can tell me all about how they evolved alongside humans, and how that means you’re entitled to let your pet fuck up my yard, home and pets

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4 points

Fantasizing about killing pets is a strong indicator of psychopathy.

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-1 points

Yet you’re ok with my pet being killed

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“Outdoor domestic cats are a recognized threat to global biodiversity. Cats have contributed to the extinction of 63 species of birds, mammals, and reptiles in the wild”

You shouldn’t be proud of contributing to the extinction of animals…

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-11 points

Dude the trash animals are getting killed, oh noooooooo.

Think of the stupid rats,mice,lizards and birds! Oh no! The worst problem we’re facing right now!

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3 points

Does your mom know youre on her computer right now?

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Can you link that quote? Curious what the source is?

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