I’m at a friend’s place and the cat keeps bringing in dead (or half-dead) animals into the house. It’s my understanding that cats think we are big, helpless kittens that don’t know how to hunt. Hence, they think they are doing us a favour.
It seems like a few mice actually escaped and found refuge in some walls in the house, so these “presents” are actually more than just annoying (and smelly if the dead animal ends up behind the couch).
I live in the UK and we look after them. They live on average 15-20+yrs if they’re a good Hienz.
You don’t. A 2025 University of Edinburgh study analysed 12 previous UK veterinary investigations, revealing a stark 10-16 year lifespan gap between indoor and outdoor cats. Seventy percent keep indoor cats. Outdoor cats have an average lifespan of 2 to 5 years with indoor cats coming up at 14 to 18 years. That’s huge my dude.
Post the paper. You have made an assertion and the burden of proof is on you.
Until you do it’s just bollocks.
Do your own fuckin work. Or better, don’t have cats because you’ll cut off two thirds of their lifespan. Here’s a link to disregard while continuing to be belligerent. Numpty fucks arguing with plain facts, this fuckin place is worse than reddit.
https://www.slobberychops.com/indoor-vs-outdoor-cats-what-uk-studies-show-about-lifespan/
Ok lets break down your link. It cites a source but provides no link to the actual scientific peer reviewed articles.
That fact alone immediately consigns that website to the ‘absolute bullshit’ bin.
Like I said, you made the assertion and therefore the burden of proof lies on you to provide. It’s a simple rule that exists in all scientific and legal proceedings.
The fact you don’t understand that simple rule immediately makes me discredit you and anything further you have to say.
You’re a condescending fucker ain’t ya? Ignorant too. Dunno what your whole fuckin deal is but it’s incontrovertible that indoor cats life three to four times as long as outdoor cats on average, literally everywhere there’s domestic cats. So enjoy killing cats I guess. Fucking morons arguing with facts, fuckin lemmy.