Cats everywhere!

You're starting to write your own narrative based on emotion here. We get that you find predation by cats upsetting but you're unwilling to see that it's not the major cause of decline in bird populations. You're now suggesting that the RSPB, that specifically protects BIRDS would falsify data in order to avoid upsetting some of its patrons.

My two don't get many birds, but they do keep the mouse and rat population down.

In a dog/cat fight the cat often wins, did you see the cat that rescued a toddler from a dog trying to drag it away? The cat absolutely floored the dog and chased it off the child had quite bad bites from the dog. A camera on the house got it all on film the mother came running out as the cat chased the dog off.

Luna says… “Be nice. I’m a good pusscat really.”

OP: I, as a singular human with a modern-day capitalist existence, will contribute to so much death and suffering of animals and other humans in my lifetime. The food I eat, the drinks I drink, the clothes I wear, the drugs I take, the house I live in, the car I drive, the holidays I take, my offspring - almost everything I do, individually and cumulatively, causes a sentient being and/or the planet to suffer. I know it's happening, even though I have totally disassociated myself from the reality. I am the worst and most destructive mammal to have ever evolved on plant Earth and my species will ultimately cause Earth's destruction. That said, do keep your cat away from me. Awful.

Honey disapproves! She's an indoor cat and prefers flies and spiders! Which is a good thing in my house as I don't like spiders! 😊

That is an exact description of human beings.

The idea that the earth is owned by the human race who think the other inhabitants are theirs to use, is laughable. You are a member of the most vicious species on the planet. If you eat meat or fish, have leather shoes, bags, belts, etc. you are part of the cruel deaths of millions of living creatures every moment of the day.

Also cats kill in order to eat. They don't abuse other creatures for sadistic pleasure - unlike humans.

I am a total cat lover, I could never understand hating them. BUT! I agree with so many of your points. I don’t think they should be allowed to roam, it isn’t their fault as it’s instinct, but they are very damaging to wildlife and unless you live totally rural, it’s dangerous for them. The amount of missing posts and people moaning about other people feeding their cats does my head in!
All 5 of mine are indoor cats and live very happy lives. We have a catio built outside for them so they can safely go outside.

My cats are 'working' cats. They live outside by choice and it's their job to keep the rodents down (plus they get fed cat food). Same with my dogs - they are trained to retrieve small game and do agility. They do however live in the house rather than outside.
I have no problem with any animal and like them.

What I can't stand is human beds covered in dog or/and cat hair - that is just disgusting.

I am a dog person but like all animals inc cats. What I don’t like about them is them crapping on our lawn/drive. I’m sure our local cat owners would be quick to object if my 2 large dogs did 2 large poos on their lawn/drive for them to clean up. I appreciate cats roam etc

love cats buat agree their hunting is a big issue.

Ah, I forgot cars are an indigenous species and not at all man made. My bad. Your logic is flawless.

It's a good thing humans aren't responsible for killing any wildlife. They also seem to get everywhere and some of them can be really annoying...

No need to pit our pets against each other: they both have their plus and negative points.

And come on, cats smell much better than dogs. My cat smells Iike biscuits! My dog on the other hand...

YANBU
Even my INDOOR kitten is a menace. Dominates my sweet natured long suffering pooch 😥

Nope she doesn't leave our garden. Stays away from the joint fence with next door who have a gorgeous huggggge lab and just watches any other cats who casually walk along the fences.

Yeah, we cat and dog owners think you're c*nty too.

Cats bring happiness to millions.

Exactly. I drove up the A12 recently and every few feet there were dead baby deer, badgers, foxes in the central reservation.
Humans cause way more destruction than cats.

It's just nature. Other animals hunt also. Why are you just moaning about cats

Dogs are superior in every way. That's just fact.

There's a cat in an old peoples facility that If they go and sleep with a human the human is the next to die

There is a police cat in the US

There are therapy cats

How do we know cats can't sniff out cancer? Because the go to animal is always dogs

Look on YouTube there are plenty of videos of cats protecting their humans

I like dogs as long as they are on a lead and they don't poop in the pub garden

So if it's okay in your opinion for birds of prey to kill other animals then why is it wrong for cats to kill them.

Both are animals who hunt and feed on their prey.

You do realise that not all cats live in a home, wild or abandoned cats live outside and it's a food source to them.

If you were that bothered about animal welfare then you wouldn't be eating meat as the meat we eat comes from animals who are breed to become food for us to eat and we don't need meat to survive.

I love cats, so YABU in my opinion.

I hope you are a vegan, OP. And that little rabbit probably suffered a lot more from you chasing the cat away than if you'd let it despatch the poor thing quickly.

My cat is an indoors cat (she was a rescue cat and has always been indoors - we leave the back door open in summer so she could go out but she never wants to go further than the doorstep), but if she was allowed out, she would definitely sort out some squirrels. It's the highlight of her week when she spots some out of the window.