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[–] mojofrododojo 8 points 1 year ago (6 children)

even if you dislike birds, cats don't limit their murdersprees to just birds. they're an invasive species; do yours a favor and keep it in like I do. Their lives are longer and better.

[–] LwL 1 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I am heavily questioning the life of a confined cat being better than the life of a cat that is free to go where it wants. The moment you have 2 cats that get along it's unlikely to be a bad life, but you have no way of telling how another being unable to communicate complex thoughts to you considers their quality of life to be.

[–] CryptidBestiary 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You also got to realize people are also putting their cats at risk by letting them go out on their own while there are wild life out. There are coyotes, predatory birds, big cats, etc. that will not hesitate in including house cats as their food. There are too many stories of cat owners losing their cats because they never came back home

[–] LwL 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That is true (well, where I live there are few actual dangers to cats but that's just region dependent) but in general I believe a short, but more fulfilling life to be better than a longer, less fulfilling one. Which I'm aware is subjective.

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