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Broader adoption of keeping cats safe at home would have large benefits for cat welfare, human health, local wildlife and even the economy. So, should cat owners be required to keep their pets contained to their property?

The answer to the question is obviously "yes".

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[–] Baku 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Ah I'm just here for the drama, so it suits me just fine

Jokes aside, it did surprise me a bit. Considering Lemmy tends to be quite left leaning and big into climate activism and stuff of that nature, I really didn't expect there to be this many people who disagree with the OP. I've never really seen more than 1 comment per thread that goes against the common opinion

[–] Ilandar 8 points 5 months ago

Also I wasn't going to say this before, but the extremely aggressive and toxic nature of the indoor cat crowd usually doesn't help sway neutrals to their side, either. Like in this thread you have someone sharing a link to a study and trying to expand on their counterargument and the OP just called them a "selfish piece of shit" and didn't attempt to engage in a discussion at all. If you think the study is being misrepresented or has flaws, you have the option of explaining that in more detail. Alternatively, if you think the argument is being put forward in bad faith you can just ignore it. Instead people always seem to get mad and start calling each other names, regardless of the social media platform. It feels like a lot of conversations online these days are just one misunderstanding or disagreement away from devolving into full monkey brain tribal warfare.

[–] Ilandar 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The internet loves cats. People also only care about the environment for as long as it has nothing to do with their personal life. That's why everyone gets very upset when it's suggested that they need to drive less or reduce their meat consumption. I have frequently seen fatalist comments here suggesting we shouldn't change our lifestyles at all because anthropogenic global warming is primarily being driven by big companies and we are therefore freed of any responsibility as individuals.

[–] Gorgritch_umie_killa 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

People also only care about the environment for as long as it has nothing to do with their personal life

Plane travel i think is Australian's biggest problem on this. I once had a friend spitting daggers at me for suggesting the amount of waste caused by travelling to a place like Europe every year needs to be stopped (read: trips spaced out further) until we access a different less carbon intensive transport.

I thought the point i's making was really, really moderate considering the impacts, but my friend turned on me like i'd just insulted their mothers favourite budgie.

It was a surreal moment.

[–] Ilandar 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Must be nice to have the means to travel to Europe every year lol

[–] Gorgritch_umie_killa 2 points 5 months ago

Haha, i might have been embellished that a bit.