ManyRoads, 15 days ago

@stux
As a cat owner, I worry about these numbers:

"The Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) estimated that free-roaming cats in the contiguous U.S. kill 1.3–4.0 billion birds and 6.3–22.3 billion mammals "

#Roaming #Cats #Birds #WildLife #News #Science #Environment

https://www.felineresearch.org/post/issue-brief-wildlife-impacts-of-outdoor-cats

stux, 15 days ago

@ManyRoads Me also..

We are planning on keeping them inside / building an outdoor part when we move!

Currently we are in a super small home that we rent so we can't modify anything nor do we have space..

But we are planning this to prevent in the future indeed

stux, 15 days ago

@ManyRoads Since we basically adopted them from the street we can't keep them inside now, they would destroy the place after a day or so,

Cats need space to move and until we can give that, they'll can go outside

(trust me, it takes away a LOT of worries if they're inside. cars for example)

ManyRoads, 15 days ago

@stux We have never had that problem. Our cats have always been rescues (except for our first). All were converted to indoor cats without any fuss or muss.

ManyRoads, 15 days ago

@stux I know you love cats. I did not intend my comments as a personal affront or accusation. I simply, probably unwisely, chose the opportunity to inform people of a tragic, little known problem.

stux, 15 days ago

@ManyRoads Oh no worries mate! ❤️

I love cats but birbs also :blobcathearts:

While i do let them outside, i am aware of the issue indeed :sad_cat: and i feel kinda bad for giving the wrong example

No affront or accusation here 😉 ❤️