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minus-squareStrider@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 days agoBecause cats are a godawful menace to local small vertebrate populations.
minus-squareo0evillusion0o@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkFrançaisarrow-up0·17 days agoYou mean like mice and rats? We got lots of them to spare.
minus-squareStrider@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 days agoAlso songbirds, reptiles, basically anything small enough for them to kill.
minus-squareJessica@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 days agoOutdoor domestic cats have directly contributed to the mass extinction of at least 33 species of wildlife worldwide: https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/documents/keep-cats-indoors.pdf Plus the obvious answer, they live longer when they can’t be mauled or run over.
Why?
Because cats are a godawful menace to local small vertebrate populations.
You mean like mice and rats? We got lots of them to spare.
Also songbirds, reptiles, basically anything small enough for them to kill.
Outdoor domestic cats have directly contributed to the mass extinction of at least 33 species of wildlife worldwide: https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/documents/keep-cats-indoors.pdf
Plus the obvious answer, they live longer when they can’t be mauled or run over.