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Animals and Pets

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This is Conan. Gets into too much trouble on his own so he has to wear a leash out on walks.

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[–] communist@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (20 children)

It's good that they are indoor cats, but whether or not the article is personal is irrelevant, the point is the amount of havoc they're causing. They're an invasive species, they kill 1.4-3.7 BILLION birds and 6.9-20.7 billion mammals in the US alone annually.

They are in fact, the most damaging invasive species in history, and we feed and house them to ensure they keep going, the fact of the matter is we're letting loose efficient little murder machines, and that isn't the cats fault, its ours. We shouldn't allow people to keep invasive species outdoors, the ecosystem is vital.

[–] KingPyrox@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (17 children)

Cool story bro. Don't really care though, humans will more than likely kill the birds before cats do 😉 guess we should rid the world of that invasion species too

[–] SemioticStandard@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As others have already said to you, please try to be respectful and engage in good faith. We’re trying to build something different than what we left. If you’re honest with yourself, you can see that you’re being flippant. Choose grace instead, friend.

[–] KingPyrox@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No, no I don't think I will.

I wasn't trying to argue or engage. This whole thing could have been over after my second comment. The rest was an attack on me for disregarding the mod opinion that could've been handled in more tackful ways if they wanted it known

[–] LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For what it's worth we don't have great tools to toggle posting as a mod or not. I understand that it likely looked like a show of force to you, and that's why I stepped in and addressed everybody involved in escalating it, and did it respectfully. We can all choose to act and speak tactfully, which in my experience includes not rising to something you no longer need to.

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