Australia wants to force cats to stay inside or give them a curfew because they are murdering so many other animals they are a threat to the country's biodiversity - eviltoast
Cats are present in 99.9% of all land in Australia and kill about two billion other animals a year. That makes them Australia's most invasive species.
  • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    62·
    1 year ago

    We’ve selected for traits that make some of them only really suitable at being indoor companions or mouse hunters.

    Hairless cats for just one instance.

    These aren’t wild animals.

    • Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      56·
      1 year ago

      Okay, sure, but that doesn’t apply to the vast majority of cats. Your average house cat is much more a wild animal than a dog for example and it’s quite ridiculous to think they’d prefer being indoors.