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[–] xXthrowawayXx@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes! Yes!

cat-confused

Join the struggle, .zip!

[–] Zuzak@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

We have someone saying that not letting cats outdoors is fascism and someone else saying that letting them outside is genocide, and neither one is from Hexbear sicko-hexbear

Whichever side you're on, the important thing is to dig in to the most extreme position possible and denounce everyone else in the strongest possible terms. Bring out the memes buried beneath seven layers of irony and in-jokes and let the world know the truth about how goldfish are colonialist. This is the Hexbear way.

[–] WhyEssEff@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Absolutely, I feel bad because people love them but they are decimating wildlife and ecosystems everywhere.

[–] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm surprised the cats aren't getting eaten by Australia's insane array of larger fauna.

[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

There isn't really anything here that would prey on a cat. Australia is pretty harmless comparatively. No bears, no 'big' cats or wolves of any kind. Crocodiles are limited to the tropics and most of Australia is not in the tropics. Nothing like anacondas and cats are too quick for snakes anyway. There are sharks but they pose no threat to cats. For all the press Australia gets about dangerous wildlife it's actually a pretty chill place. The cities are pretty devoid of bugs if you live in a flat or keep your garden litter down, even more devoid of bugs since I was a kid (mostly due to massive logging in regional areas and overdevelopment in urban areas).

I would think cars would probably be cats biggest killer, especially in urban areas.

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[–] MrLuemasG@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It really highlights good at being predators cats are

[–] keeb420@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

american police can fix it with one simple trick, pet owners hate it.

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[–] Icaria@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Good luck forcing cats to do anything.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Generally they used to live twice as long 2 decades ago. It's more like 4-times now.

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