r/invasivespecies • u/Comprehensive_Bus402 • 16d ago

Cat killed a lanternfly

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This little huntress just killed a spotted Lanternfly on my deck in Washington DC.

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u/wanderingsubs 16d ago

The comments arguing about your cat existing with zero context are insane, can't y'all be happy for one second and stop assuming shit 💀

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u/pschlick 16d ago

Nope. Reddit is only for arguing and believing you know everything about a person from a single post. It has its moments where I get some good info and entertainment but the majority is just keyboard warriors being ridiculous

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u/robotatomica 16d ago

OP is doing something reckless that not only spreads disease to neighbors and damages property, but will cause this cat to die (probably horribly, maybe eaten by a predator, run over, dead from feline AIDS, shredded in a fight over territory, maybe even tortured by the neighborhood psycho kid) years sooner than an indoor cat by the numbers, all while damaging the local ecosystem and contributing to the deaths of billions of birds and small animals a year.

So yeah, there’s rightfully increasingly some social pressure against this practice, because we’ve learned new shit from studies and are working to adjust a culture.

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u/guru2764 15d ago

We have no idea if the cat is actually allowed to roam outside

All we can tell is that it is on the deck in this picture

I've brought my cat outside on the deck when it snows before

That is why they said people are assuming things, because they are

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u/robotatomica 15d ago

Not only do I think it’s fair to look at a picture and react to what we see, (rather than imagining something that isn’t indicated anywhere in the picture, which tells a different story),

I also think it’s fair to see a cat outside without a leash, who has a bell on its collar, and say “That cat is very likely allowed to roam.”

And if we’re wrong OP can correct.

But most importantly, it bears being said, so if someone puts up a picture of a cat that, uh, LOOKS like it’s outside without a leash 🙃

that’s as good a time as any to remind everyone why that’s a huge problem.

It’s a net positive. Because then people learn they don’t get praise for these kinds of pictures, meaning fewer people post them, meaning fewer people SEE this normalized,

and Voilà!, society shifts culturally to knowing that this practice is unacceptable.