this post was submitted on 27 Apr 2025

988 points (98.5% liked)

cats

22203 readers

1186 users here now

typical internet cats. videos, pics, memes welcome!

rule 1) be kind

lemmy.world rules:

other cat communities midwest.social cats

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

m3t00@lemmy.world

skyler@lemmy.world

dillis@lemmy.world

skyler@lemmy.ml

988

Somebody had an adventure (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to c/cat@lemmy.world

55 comments fedilink hide all child comments

(page 2) 5 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz -5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (10 children)

Cat's don't belong outside unsupervised.

*Downvoting this comment means you don't care about the environment, or the cat.

https://theconversation.com/research-reveals-why-pet-owners-keep-their-cats-indoors-and-its-not-to-protect-wildlife-166263

Putting the cat before the wildlife: Exploring cat owners' beliefs about cat containment as predictors of owner behavior

We need to worry about Bella and Charlie: the impacts of pet cats on Australian wildlife

Zoonotic Diseases Associated with Free-Roaming Cats

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The vast majority of the problem for wildlife is feral cat populations rather than people letting pets outdoors. Just make sure they are sterilized and vaccinated and it's minimal impact.

load more comments (2 replies)

load more comments (9 replies)

load more comments