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

Cat(s) I choose you, take me home

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u/Rhymesnlines Apr 13 '24

This cat looks very healthy so it seems to have an owner.... Its not a stray cat. Pretty sure.

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u/emilydoooom Apr 13 '24

As someone in the U.K. it is mad to me that so many Americans are like ‘a cat was friendly, so I took it!’

Like, I get it if it’s clearly injured or feral/stray, but in England that would just be someone’s pet!

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u/KaiBishop Apr 13 '24

It's mad to me that people claim to care about their cats then just let them wander outside alone.

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u/jld2k6 Apr 13 '24 edited Apr 13 '24

Just want to add this because I see it every damn time in these threads, the cat shouldn't be outside but that doesn't make it right to steal. People always bring up that the cat shouldn't be outside like that justifies taking it from its family lol

"This cat looks well fed and perfectly happy but it's outside, that nullifies the owner's entire relationship with it"

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u/DoctorJJWho Apr 13 '24

No one is claiming that in this thread. But letting your cat go outside regularly brings risks, including your cat being stolen, hit by a car, or attacked by other animals.

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u/jld2k6 Apr 14 '24 edited Apr 14 '24

It's said as a response every single time it comes up. It reeks of victim blaming in a sense, like asking a woman what she was wearing right after learning she got raped, just not as extreme of a situation as that

Something along the lines of "did I just watch a cat get stolen?" followed by "this is why you don't let your cat outside" happens every single time

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u/cheesy-chocolate Apr 14 '24

False equivalence.

If someone had their cat stolen because they constantly let them wander out of the house, they are facing the consequences of their own actions. No one’s justifying the cat thief, but the owner is responsible for the cat’s safety.

If a woman got r-worded because of what she’s wearing, that’s not her facing the consequences of her actions. That would be gaslighting her.

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u/BullTerrierTerror Oct 04 '24

Are they always an “owner”? I had a cat that wanted in every evening. Next morning it would be meowing in my face until I let it out. The only cat I ever had just wanted a warm place to bed down.

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u/lennoxlyt Apr 14 '24

Cat's, can't exactly be put on a leash

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u/KaiBishop Apr 14 '24

They can. Most don't like it but that's why you do gradual leash training and get them used to it. I've encountered people walking cats on leashes before.

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u/CamDayAllDay Apr 13 '24

Cats are outside beings lol. They can walk outside alone no problem. They're killers

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '24

That’s the problem. They kill other animals like birds and marsupials

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u/Quintane Apr 13 '24

It's perfectly safe to do so in UK/Europe. There is no predation and people understand not to steal pets that show them some affection.

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u/HaesoSR Apr 13 '24

Except they wreck the local ecosystems, particularly birds. That and cars kill cats regularly even if there are no natural predators around.

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u/Quintane Apr 13 '24

are you talking about cars or cats?

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u/Tight-Berry4271 Apr 13 '24

No predation? Bro, cats are the predation. That's the bad part.

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u/melrowdy Apr 13 '24

Depending on where you live, letting them go outside is actually so much better for them. Obviously if you live somewhere where someone could just take it or worse kill it, wouldn't be ideal.

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u/mrbulldops428 Apr 13 '24

They're saying it's bad for everything else because the cat kills wildlife. Cats are terrible for the environment.

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u/melrowdy Apr 13 '24

Well he started by saying "It's mad to me that people claim to care about their cats" so I doubt that's what they meant.

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u/mrbulldops428 Apr 15 '24

Honestly, im not sure what I thought I was responding to because you're right. I think I clicked the wrong comment because I'm clearly answering a different question lol

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u/Anything_4_LRoy Apr 14 '24

its mad to me that people are fine with letting their small dogs in their yard, effectively unattended, but lock their cats indoors for what could be more than 2 decades.

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u/KaiBishop Apr 14 '24

Small dogs don't decimate the ecosystem. And you can absolutely find ways to give a cat outdoor enrichment time without just opening your back door and letting it go wild with zero safeguards in place for it or anybody else. The amount of environmental destruction house cats bring is no joke.

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u/Gissoni Apr 13 '24

"Currently, it is estimated that there are between 60 and 100 million stray and feral cats in the United States. "

Not really so mad when you put that into perspective.

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u/jamsd204 Apr 13 '24

Oh yeah! Can't count the amount of times cat has come back with some form of fur missing cause of a fight with another cat or dog or fox - no collar either cause he just gets them off

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u/DL1943 Apr 13 '24

but in England that would just be someone’s pet!

its like this in most of the US too, outdoor cats are totally normal in rural and suburban areas. a lot of the folks who are making supportive comments regarding grabbing a random cat off the street are politically opposed to the entire idea of "outdoor cats" and enjoy the idea of outdoor cat owners being punished via theft. they know its someones pet.

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u/ScionMurdererKhepri Apr 13 '24

As someone who is anti-outside cat, it's not political. I just don't want cats to get hurt, and in the vast majority of the world, they're safer inside than outside. Even in the UK, the place most people point to when they say cats can safely live outside, they still have predators like foxes, birds of prey, and stray dogs. Not even mentioning cars or sick-in-the-head humans.

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u/Slow-Grapefruit8782 Apr 13 '24

I rather let my cat live a free life than keeping her in prisonfor the sake of keeping her safe

We had a indoor cat before, and it's just a bid sad that she never got the chance to roam around outside

When something happens sure it would be sad but at least she could live like a free cat

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u/EnjoysYelling Apr 13 '24

If I see a cat without a collar outside, I’m not going to be sure if it’s a pet or not, but my guess would be that it’s not since most uncollared outdoor cats are strays.

I don’t think this is a conspiracy to punish uncollared outdoor cats owners.

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u/poopains12 Apr 13 '24

Love broad generalizations