Cats are present in 99.9% of all land in Australia and kill about two billion other animals a year. That makes them Australia's most invasive species.
  • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Good.

    Australian with three cats here - they’re all indoor and happy about it because i’m not a shitarse pet owner. An outdoor cat in Australia is ecological genocide

    • Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      From the cats perspective I think it’s quite uncontroversial to say they’d be happier roaming free.

      EDIT: I’d really love to hear the argument for why a cat actually prefers to live its enitire life indoors, despite this being something we’ve only done to them for the past few decades or so.

      • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        We’ve selected for traits that make some of them only really suitable at being indoor companions or mouse hunters.

        Hairless cats for just one instance.

        These aren’t wild animals.

      • plant_based_monero@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I mean even if they would rather be outside, they live longer inside, they are healthier and they would have better deads