BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Interesting Global News@lemmy.zipEnglish · 10 months agoAustralia 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 biodiversitywww.insider.comexternal-linkmessage-square143fedilinkarrow-up1659arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1644arrow-down1external-linkAustralia 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 biodiversitywww.insider.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Interesting Global News@lemmy.zipEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square143fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarenilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·edit-210 months agoWe’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.
minus-squareThorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down6·10 months agoOkay, 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.
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.
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.