Broader adoption of keeping cats safe at home would have large benefits for cat welfare, human health, local wildlife and even the economy. So, should cat owners be required to keep their pets contained to their property?

Broader adoption of keeping cats safe at home would have large benefits for cat welfare, human health, local wildlife and even the economy. So, should cat owners be required to keep their pets contained to their property?

The answer to the question is obviously “yes”.

  • @[email protected]English
    13•8 months ago

    I think this is the the thread with the highest ratio of downvoted top level comments to upvotes ones I’ve ever seen on Lemmy

      • @[email protected]English
        8•8 months ago

        Ah I’m just here for the drama, so it suits me just fine

        Jokes aside, it did surprise me a bit. Considering Lemmy tends to be quite left leaning and big into climate activism and stuff of that nature, I really didn’t expect there to be this many people who disagree with the OP. I’ve never really seen more than 1 comment per thread that goes against the common opinion

          • @mojofrododojoEnglish
            1•8 months ago

            “selfish piece of shit”

            give me a decent explanation for letting your animals decimate the wildlife and I’ll consider it. Otherwise…

          • Gorgritch_Umie_Killa
            5•8 months ago

            People also only care about the environment for as long as it has nothing to do with their personal life

            Plane travel i think is Australian’s biggest problem on this. I once had a friend spitting daggers at me for suggesting the amount of waste caused by travelling to a place like Europe every year needs to be stopped (read: trips spaced out further) until we access a different less carbon intensive transport.

            I thought the point i’s making was really, really moderate considering the impacts, but my friend turned on me like i’d just insulted their mothers favourite budgie.

            It was a surreal moment.

      • @mojofrododojoEnglish
        1•8 months ago

        there’s nothing logically controversial, it’s cat owners who can’t be bothered to care properly for their responsibilities. If you take a pet, it’s your responsibility. If you let that outside to murder the wildlife, it’s incompetence and malice. Cat owners just don’t want to take responsibility.

      • @[email protected]English
        4•8 months ago

        Oh, it’s only now that you mention it I realise I haven’t seen any hexbears in a while.

        I’d probably have locked this thread by now if I were a mod tbh. Although I don’t really like threads being locked, it doesn’t look like there’s much actual discussion happening. To me, it looks more like everybody on both sides is screaming their opinions as loud as they possibly can and trying to 1 up the other side