this post was submitted on 21 May 2025
518 points (84.8% liked)

memes

14890 readers
4631 users here now

Community rules

1. Be civilNo trolling, bigotry or other insulting / annoying behaviour

2. No politicsThis is non-politics community. For political memes please go to !politicalmemes@lemmy.world

3. No recent repostsCheck for reposts when posting a meme, you can only repost after 1 month

4. No botsNo bots without the express approval of the mods or the admins

5. No Spam/AdsNo advertisements or spam. This is an instance rule and the only way to live.

A collection of some classic Lemmy memes for your enjoyment

Sister communities

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Downvoted by people who don't like facts. There isn't a country in the world with a domestic cat population that wouldn't see a huge benefit to their native wildlife by keeping those pets inside or in a pet run. But people don't like the change or the effort of doing so, so they ignore this inconvenient fact.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Indeed, pet owners simply don't want to hear the truth which is incredibly irresponsible.

Even if you really must let your cat out there are things you can do like colorful collars with an attached bell which:

The BBScc reduced the number of birds brought home by 37% (probability of reduction of 88%). The number of mammals brought home was reduced by 54–62%, but only with the additional bell (probability of reduction of >99%)

https://zenodo.org/records/15210938

I've never seen a cat owner who cares enough to even do that when we have clear evidence this works. The naturalist argument of "oh they are local animals" is such an irresponsible cop out where they can't even bother to put a collar on to diminish the damage. It's inexcusable laziness, nothing else.

[–] Crazyblu@lemmy.zip -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Strap a collar so that your cat ends up crazy or hanged surely there wont be any animal cruelty after that right guys right ??

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

I bring you evidence you bring me imaginary anecdotes. OK.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

We really are a bunch of dumb apes, and we are doomed as a species. Its just a matter of time.

[–] Tiger666@lemmy.ca -3 points 1 day ago

Im sure there are no birds in turkey, according to your logic.