ageedizzleWhat’s your most controversial opinion?
https://piefed.ca/c/asklemmy/p/563749/whats-your-most-controversial-opinion
marzhallThere 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?