I’m glad you’re aware of the issue and I think it’s great that you’re involved in spay and release programs.
However literally everything else you wrote is at odds with research that has been conducted. The British Ecological Society (one of the “non-american” countries you referenced above) has a great article on the horrific impact domestic cats have. I suggest you read it:
The only real danger cats pose to local ecosystems is feral cats
Every time you let your pet cat outside, there’s no guarantee it comes back. Feral cats aren’t a self sustaining ecosystem of felines that spring from the earth.
Aside from that, you’re also impacting other humans. My neighbour’s cat shits in my garden every night, cat shit carries pathogens like toxoplasmosis that can cause pregnant women to miscarry and can literally make children go blind. The only reason I don’t sit out waiting with a pellet gun like I would for other pests is because I like the mangy bugger.
My younger sister was also attacked as a child while she was playing outside in our back garden by one of the neighbours cats. She still has the scar on her lip to prove it.
Do you not give a shit about what your cat might be doing when you’re not being responsible for it? Imagine if I just let my dogs roam around the streets unsupervised.
I’m guessing by your, Franky borderline psychotic response,
I think you should really check yourself here. It’s too easy to make fun of crazy cat people for this to descend into petty name calling.
I’m glad you’re aware of the issue and I think it’s great that you’re involved in spay and release programs.
However literally everything else you wrote is at odds with research that has been conducted. The British Ecological Society (one of the “non-american” countries you referenced above) has a great article on the horrific impact domestic cats have. I suggest you read it:
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pan3.10073
To address some other problematic statements:
Every time you let your pet cat outside, there’s no guarantee it comes back. Feral cats aren’t a self sustaining ecosystem of felines that spring from the earth.
Aside from that, you’re also impacting other humans. My neighbour’s cat shits in my garden every night, cat shit carries pathogens like toxoplasmosis that can cause pregnant women to miscarry and can literally make children go blind. The only reason I don’t sit out waiting with a pellet gun like I would for other pests is because I like the mangy bugger.
My younger sister was also attacked as a child while she was playing outside in our back garden by one of the neighbours cats. She still has the scar on her lip to prove it.
Do you not give a shit about what your cat might be doing when you’re not being responsible for it? Imagine if I just let my dogs roam around the streets unsupervised.
I think you should really check yourself here. It’s too easy to make fun of crazy cat people for this to descend into petty name calling.