Either they live inside and live an entire life in a few thousand square feet at best for 16-20 years, or you let them outside to hunt and they kill tons of wildlife and are exposed to becoming roadkill/coyote food etc.
My personal dodge is to adopt old cats that have already been indoctrinated into inside life and who could never be let out anyway.
I don’t feel TOO strongly about this but these questions came to mind while reading this:
Is the ability to explore a larger area that much better than a life of luxury? Indoor cats live twice as long as outdoor cats and I think 3x as long as wild ones
Is it really that immoral to stop a predator from hunting if their dietary needs are met? Would this not cause less suffering in the world?
If we didn’t domesticate cats, would we not treat them as pests?
There is no moral way to raise a cat.
Either they live inside and live an entire life in a few thousand square feet at best for 16-20 years, or you let them outside to hunt and they kill tons of wildlife and are exposed to becoming roadkill/coyote food etc.
My personal dodge is to adopt old cats that have already been indoctrinated into inside life and who could never be let out anyway.
I don’t feel TOO strongly about this but these questions came to mind while reading this:
Is the ability to explore a larger area that much better than a life of luxury? Indoor cats live twice as long as outdoor cats and I think 3x as long as wild ones
Is it really that immoral to stop a predator from hunting if their dietary needs are met? Would this not cause less suffering in the world?
If we didn’t domesticate cats, would we not treat them as pests?
Or here’s a thought… NO cats. Guess that’s my controversial opinion.
Considering you’re the only one who went negative, I think you won at being controversial!
Well that’s what I was going for.
I’ll let my cat know. She’ll be delighted.