Edit: I see the word “local” was added before “environment” later… To be clear, I’m not advocating keeping cats inside and feeding them vegan food. I was just stating their food has a significant impact on the environment, also if you keep them indoors.
Most cats are quite content being indoors, it’s certainly better for them and the world to keep them indoors. They live much longer as indoor cats as well, and could always still go outside for supervised outside time.
Yep, indoor is much safer and healthier for the cats. It’s not like cats have goals and ambitions out in the big wide world. They spend most of their time laying around and doing that on a couch vs under a bush is only meaningfully different in that one location comes with a much higher risk of parasites and being eaten.
Not to mention that it is much easier to monitor the health of indoor cats. Tracking weight, litter box usage, and food and water intake can easily add years to the life of a cat. Though, outdoor cats probably need to worry more about cars and bobcats than kidney disease.
And you can easily prevent all the damage to the local environment by just keeping your cat inside.
And feed them sustainable, vegetarian food?
Edit: I see the word “local” was added before “environment” later… To be clear, I’m not advocating keeping cats inside and feeding them vegan food. I was just stating their food has a significant impact on the environment, also if you keep them indoors.
Cats are obligate carnivores. Feeding them vegetarian food is literally animal cruelty.
Then there is no animal friendly way to keep cats without damage to the environment
And de-claw them presumably, in the states that still allow it.
Edit for people who didn’t get the context:
I’m not advocating it! I think it’s barbaric, our country made it illegal years ago.
But I also think trapping them indoors and feeding them vegan food is wrong.
Most cats are quite content being indoors, it’s certainly better for them and the world to keep them indoors. They live much longer as indoor cats as well, and could always still go outside for supervised outside time.
Yep, indoor is much safer and healthier for the cats. It’s not like cats have goals and ambitions out in the big wide world. They spend most of their time laying around and doing that on a couch vs under a bush is only meaningfully different in that one location comes with a much higher risk of parasites and being eaten.
Not to mention that it is much easier to monitor the health of indoor cats. Tracking weight, litter box usage, and food and water intake can easily add years to the life of a cat. Though, outdoor cats probably need to worry more about cars and bobcats than kidney disease.
That’s like cutting their fingertips off, not their nails.
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