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submitted 1 year ago by g0g0gadget@fedia.io to c/cat@lemmy.world

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Our house abuts a wilderness area that’s been home to a colony of feral cats that the neighborhood has cared for for years (including spaying and neutering, and finding homes for the amenable ones). A couple of months ago a new family moved in across the street, and just now they had Animal Control out to gather up the cats. These are not adoptable cats, else they’d all have been homed already.

They took out a hit on the cats, basically. Motherfuckers.

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[–] okfuskee@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd never put much thought into it, but a few years back I was doom scrolling and came across a research paper that talked about the just pure damage feral cats cause. Between 1-3 BILLION birds killed globally, that's insanse!!

And I like cats but letting them run wild just isn't the way. I feel that way about any feral animal, or invasive species. Clear them out.

[–] sauerkraus@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah invasive species are bad regardless of how cute they are. In the aquarium hobby pretty much all of the coolest species are invasive. I’m not completely happy about banning imports for the hobby, but I still support it. That’s just the cost of being a responsible pet owner.