• SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    It depends on where you live. If you live in a city without predators, then letting your cat go outside in the backyard gives them a very exciting experience. If you live somewhere with coyotes, then your cat is going to die.

    • AFK BRB Chocolate (CA version)@lemmy.ca
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      Outdoor cats have a shorter average life span in cities, too. One big cause is cars. Also, it’s worth noting that house cats are essentially an invasive species and do a lot of damage to bird populations.

      It’s pretty widely recommended to keep cats indoors.

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        1 year ago

        Dogs have to be put on a leash when their outside, outdoor city cats should be too. Stops them from running away, and killing birds.

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              It probably does happen occasionally on accident, like hunting dogs that pick up an interesting scent and then get lost, but I’ve never met a good pet owner who’s pet ran away. It’s always the guy who locked his dog in the backyard 16 hours a day and never thought of them as family, or the cat owner who put the car on a starvation diet hoping it would catch mice.

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                  1 year ago

                  Sorry but people with braindead beliefs are on every social media. See: tankies on Lemmy

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                Well you also haven’t intentionally looked into it, this is just your random experience; and since other people here are offering ADDITIONAL experience where those things DID happen, maybe you should fucking take that into account too. Or do you prefer only to learn from mistakes that you make personally?

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            1 year ago

            Or they’re an animal that doesn’t have an adult rational brain?

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      The leading cause of death of all birds and mammals in North America is the domestic cat. That’s not okay.