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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

People buy cats from shelters, then let them be outdoor cats. It does matter.

On the flip side, I've homed three outdoor/feral cats in my house. They adjust to being indoor cats fine.

Cats are an invasive species in most places and are super damaging to the local fauna.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Most places is a stretch... They're invasive in around ⅓ of Earth's land area and where less than ¼ of people live

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don’t think it’s true that they’re native to 2/3rds of the earth, is it?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

⅔ may be overestimating, but yes, they're native to all of the Middle East and Africa, and most of Europe (outside of Scandinavia) and mainland Asia (outside of deserts, Siberia etc.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

No they are domestic animals

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I guess you are going off of the genus Felis which is probably valid since I expect their hunting behavior is similar enough. However the map I saw showed they were absent from most of Russia and China, so there are exceptions.