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Keeping pet cats indoors would save millions of native animals and billions of dollars. So what's stopping us? (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Broader adoption of keeping cats safe at home would have large benefits for cat welfare, human health, local wildlife and even the economy. So, should cat owners be required to keep their pets contained to their property?

The answer to the question is obviously "yes".

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I didn't realise this was so controversial. All we need now is some hexbear user to stumble across this thread and instigate a mass pile-on (luckily they've decided not to federate with us anymore so we should be safe).

If anyone does notice the conversation get a bit out of hand please report it and we'll deal with it accordingly

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh, it's only now that you mention it I realise I haven't seen any hexbears in a while.

I'd probably have locked this thread by now if I were a mod tbh. Although I don't really like threads being locked, it doesn't look like there's much actual discussion happening. To me, it looks more like everybody on both sides is screaming their opinions as loud as they possibly can and trying to 1 up the other side

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

That is definitely a fair call, locking it now.