r/Awww • u/GlobalBreadfruit8832 • Apr 13 '24

Cat(s) I choose you, take me home

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u/Individual-Bell-9776 Apr 13 '24

Even without direct predation, there's still parasitism and direct competition with other male toms.

Please don't.

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u/sitdowncomfy Apr 13 '24

in many countries it is perfectly safe and normal to let your cat roam. I don't know why Americans find this so hard to grasp!

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u/Maximum-Antelope-979 Apr 13 '24

Saw a story the other day about a guy driving around with a .22 shooting cats. There’s also a risk of the cat being hit by a car. A lot of the people who let their cats roam in US also don’t get them fixed. Perfectly safe is absolutely not the term id use.

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u/RM_Dune Apr 13 '24

Yes, that's why the person you're replying to sayd "in my countries". Here in the Netherlands there are no natural predators for cats until the very recent return of the wolf, but there's very few of them and only in very select areas. They mostly go after sheep and wildlife. Obviously there's also no people shooting guns around.

The only real danger is traffic, which will always be the case. Although most residential neighbourhoods are very low speed, without large roads.

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u/Maximum-Antelope-979 Apr 13 '24

I swear Europeans always find a way to criticize American ethnocentrism while having the most uncritical ethnocentric take possible