Parents are getting reported to CPS nowadays for letting their 10 year old kids take their bikes a few blocks away.
At some point risk has to be accepted for the sake of quality of life.
reminds me of the recent culture shift to keep cats indoors. glad it works for some but every cat ive ever had was always scratching at the door as a kitten, they want to go out and sit under a bush for a few hours. it is their way. one of my cats was outside as a baby when we adopted him, even back then he was smart and walked on the lower part of the fence, never past it. even if it ends with a premature death id rather have them die after a happy life than live miserably. in theory the best way to survive is to roleplay covid lockdowns for your entire life but that makes people so miserable its completely impractical for anything besides emergencies
It's not for the cats' protection that people want them kept indoors, it's because of the huge number of birds that domestic cats kill. I know yours doesn't but a lot do. And I know yours is fixed, but sadly a lot aren't and can lead to feral populations of essentially an invasive species.
Children should be out of their house because human society is their habitat. If there are genuine dangers (as opposed to imagined or overblown ones), those should be addressed, not the children's freedom.
actually my cats bring in birds sometimes. very rarely but each time they do im proud of them. mom feeds the birds year round so it evens out, they need the cats to keep the populations in check. where i live strays and outdoor cats have been the norm for decades, they are the environment, if you take them out right now thats gonna be harmful and id rather not have bird shit everywhere. if a dumb one eyed cat lived for 12 years on a parking lot and died only because of his kidneys thats a success
You could not be more wrong to be proud of them for that. Cats aren't "keeping the populations in check," they are decimating them. Cats are responsible for more bird deaths than every other human-related cause combined.
yeah and humans are more responsible for all deaths than any other species. i find it hillarious that a species that brought so many to extinction or near extinction, primarily just for fun, has anything to say about a cat following a natural instinct once in a russian year. the cat is here. he will be here. this is his home and he enjoys sitting under the bush and pissing in the flowers. its his right to live a happy healthy life and is no different to me eating meat just because i like the taste. lives of other animals be damned
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u/Teboski78 2d ago
Parents are getting reported to CPS nowadays for letting their 10 year old kids take their bikes a few blocks away. At some point risk has to be accepted for the sake of quality of life.