Outdoor cat: "today I killed 300 birds and permanently altered the local ecosystem"
Indoor cat: "hehe I shit in a box"
this post was submitted on 27 Jan 2024
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And so begins a new battle in the eternal war between Americans with indoor cats and others with outdoor cats.
It's pretty difficult to actually find an indoor cat in the UK. In the US it's common.
Of course it is difficult to find an indoor cat, you only see them inside a house.
I guess we in Finland are Americand now lol
We're more worried about the cats wellbeing though than the birds.
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Which is fitting because, in the end, when the hell have the British cared about the fallout of anything they do
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Our cats are indoors. They used to be outdoors then some cunt shot one with an air rifle.
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The 1 to 4 billion animals killed by outdoor cats every year: X_X
Absolute environmental disaster, they need to be spayed and neutered and occasionally culled by any competent local government.
You'll also need to ban pet cats from walking outside without a leash. Our cats were neutered, didn't stop them from killing any mice or birds they could get their paws on.
The reason they need to be spayed and neutered instead of outright killed is because culls don't really work on animals that reproduce that quickly. Whenever a spot opens up for another cat to make its territory, it gets immediately claimed. There are a ton of research papers that show spaying and neutering is more effective at lowering stray populations, and that euthanization is more costly on top of being less effective.
I was talking about the cats that are kept as pets, not stray cats. I guess it varies from country to country, but most cats walking around outside in Norway are pets (~90%). Reducing the stray cat population to zero wouldn't fix the issue of cats killing all the small wildlife unless pet cats are also kept inside.
I wasn't saying anything against neutering cats.
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Realistically, outdoor cats don't travel much. They just hang out in their neighborhood, chill in their favorite spots, etc.
Cats have their territory and that's where they spend their time, doing cat things. It's just that an outdoor cat's territory isn't limited by walls.
There was a BBC documentary a few years ago where they gave GPS tracking collars to a bunch of cats in a neighbourhood and tracked where they went. Each of the cats had their own territory and favourite locations.
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Murder local wildlife, cause property damage to neighbors, kill neighbors pets, spread disease. Roaming cats suck, and so do their entitled owners who think that everyone's property belongs to their pet
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Working in the office vs working from home.
I cannot imagine having an indoor/outdoor cat. I'd worry so much about them while they were away. And if they just disappeared and didn't return...I don't know how I could stand it.
We have 3 indoor-only cats. Obviously I'm pretty attached to them.
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A stranger outdoor cat just walked with me for a few blocks on my way home from a dinner party. It was fun to have a five minute feline friend. It's sad to know they will very likely die long before my indoor cat of a similar age.
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I dunno, sometimes my indoor cats step into the liminal dimension just to make me panic
Cat in the wall eh? Okay, now you're talking my language!
Actually managed that once. Basement was half finished by the previous owners but left a hole for the well window. The result was a gap between the window and the drywall. Cat wanted to look out the window and ended up falling onto the insulation. He cried for a while until we figured out where he was, and when we grabbed a ladder to mount a rescue he hauled his own happy ass out unassisted. Same cat also managed to find a way ABOVE the ceiling of a basement closet.
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Indoor cats still move a lot around the house, destroying stuff.
If you want to give your kitty companion the best shot at a long comfortable life, keep them indoors, it's as simple as that.
Leads exist, and so do catios and window boxes if you're lucky enough to have the space, they can still enjoy the sunshine and fresh air without risk of them getting run over, attacked by another animal/person, getting injured otherwise. I know I just couldn't bear it if my baby was outside all on her own and got hurt..
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This is, I think, the most passionate controversy I've seen on Lemmy.
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