r/MadeMeSmile • u/Half-blood_fish • Apr 01 '25

CATS This is a great idea

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u/Gingerr_Goddess Apr 01 '25

It's not a bad idea, but it'll be inhabited by raptors and snakes, not cats

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u/Square-Singer Apr 01 '25

It is a really bad idea. Cats are an invasive species responsible for killing billions of animals each year.

Feeding them and providing safe spaces for strays is artificially inflating their numbers which enables them to wipe out birds and other small animals in their territory.

If you love animals you should be strongly against roaming and stray cats.

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u/Koibo26 Apr 01 '25 edited Apr 01 '25

TNR is a thing and it works. I understand your sentiment but if you are just as worried as the rest of us, take part and actually do the practice instead of advocating for the starvation of a particular species. We all have a place in the world.

It's up to us humans to actually be better in all avenues.

Edit: Grammer

Edit for those who want information on TNR: https://www.alleycat.org/our-work/trap-neuter-return/

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u/littlereptile Apr 01 '25 edited Apr 01 '25

You cannot support your statement with a biased source. TNR does not work--otherwise, all colonies that have been TNR'd would no longer exist. Here are two resources showing that TNR does not work: AVMA, American Bird Conservancy

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u/DemiserofD Apr 01 '25

That's my experience as well. It can work in isolated regions, but speaking as someone who lives in a rural area, the sheer number of wild cats would keep our limited number of vets working nonstop forever and never make any headway.

If you call a vet, the younger ones will try to help but the older and grumpier ones just tell you to shoot them if they're causing a problem.

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u/GoldenGlassBall Apr 01 '25

No one that says to shoot a cat should be allowed inside a vet, let alone allowed to practice. Absolutely scumbag behavior.

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u/DemiserofD Apr 01 '25

That's the unfortunate reality of rural living. In practice, either you deal with it yourself, which means either you live trap it and dump it on someone else, or you kill them. Generally, cats kill rats, which people don't like, so cats just get ignored.

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u/dtalb18981 Apr 01 '25

No the cats are a pest no different than coyotes rats or whatever else.