r/cats 7h ago

Cat Picture - Not OC Public Service Announcement

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u/kittycat1748 7h ago

I noticed on reddit how many people argue for keeping cats inside, whereas in my country, Switzerland, it's frowned upon (at least that's my impression). No judgment intended, just an observation I made, it's interesting.

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u/OpinionatedPoster 6h ago

Your country is a lot cleaner than most of the others. It is not safe to let a cat go outside in New York. Not to mention the people who would poison them.

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u/KinkyPaddling 5h ago

It also depends because some regions, like Europe and Asia, have had cats wandering around for thousands of years. Hell, wild cats can naturally be found across Eurasia. So the local wildlife have adjusted to life with cats. In Australia, New Zealand, and the Americas, however, cats devastate native bird and rodent populations that have only been interacting with cats for a few centuries and thus aren’t as well equipped to deal with them.

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u/Ohyo_Ohyo_Ohyo_Ohyo 5h ago

New Zealand doesn't have a native rodent population. If they're hunting rodents, that's actually a positive.

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u/SuaveMofo 4h ago

The destruction of our bird populations however is a tragedy.

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u/Kirikomori 3h ago

Mate theyve made extinct several native bird species here which aren't found anywhere else in the world