Critically somewhere that doesn’t cost money to simply exist in.

I know the anger and denial is just your defense mechanism against acknowledging that you’re in the wrong here.

Hopefully you’ll get past it and start taking responsibility one day. I just hope your realization doesn’t come at the cost of a child’s eyesight. Peace mate.

The BES article you linked is more about conservation law than actual impacts and the studies it uses as example are primarily from places like north America and Australia where cats are invasive.

Right… Well when you get a chance to actually read the article rather than pretend you did, let me know…

And so do foxes and birds and rats and voles and every other kind of animal that passes through your garden.

And these don’t get canned food when prey animals have been over hunted. So they’ll starve and their population will be balanced against their prey. I’m starting to think I gave you too much credit saying you understood this issue…

they kill animals to talking about killing animals yourself

I’m interested in protecting biodiversity, sometimes that involves killing… Or you know… simply supervising your pets when they’re outside. But clearly you don’t have the capacity for responsibility.

Cool and I was attacked by a dog that came off its lead as a kid. But if I tried to tell you that people shouldn’t take there dogs for a walk, even on a lead and you were a selfish person that doesn’t give a shit about other people because you take your dog on walks, you would just (rightly) think I’m crazy.

You’re comparing someone who tried and failed to control their animal. Which is bad. To yourself, who refuses to control their animal, which is easily 100x worse.

but we still let them play outside, because keeping them inside their entire lives would be incredibly cruel.

How fulfilling do you think the lives of all the birds precious Mittens has killed have been?

I’m not the one making threats of violence over the internet.

You’re the one actually committing violence by releasing a violent predator unsupervised. How do you know it hasn’t attacked a child?

Also you literally started this with petty name calling, so it’s pretty rich of you to start clutching your pearls now lil guy.

I know you’re very worked up right now. But take a breathe and try to calm down.

I’m glad you’re aware of the issue and I think it’s great that you’re involved in spay and release programs.

However literally everything else you wrote is at odds with research that has been conducted. The British Ecological Society (one of the “non-american” countries you referenced above) has a great article on the horrific impact domestic cats have. I suggest you read it:

https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pan3.10073

To address some other problematic statements:

The only real danger cats pose to local ecosystems is feral cats

Every time you let your pet cat outside, there’s no guarantee it comes back. Feral cats aren’t a self sustaining ecosystem of felines that spring from the earth.

Aside from that, you’re also impacting other humans. My neighbour’s cat shits in my garden every night, cat shit carries pathogens like toxoplasmosis that can cause pregnant women to miscarry and can literally make children go blind. The only reason I don’t sit out waiting with a pellet gun like I would for other pests is because I like the mangy bugger.

My younger sister was also attacked as a child while she was playing outside in our back garden by one of the neighbours cats. She still has the scar on her lip to prove it.

Do you not give a shit about what your cat might be doing when you’re not being responsible for it? Imagine if I just let my dogs roam around the streets unsupervised.

I’m guessing by your, Franky borderline psychotic response,

I think you should really check yourself here. It’s too easy to make fun of crazy cat people for this to descend into petty name calling.

Wild birds and mammals don’t get pet food and warm houses to sleep in. You have elevated a predator above the natural order.

When his range is over hunted, your cat should starve or leave. However now he won’t. He’ll go home,get food and go back out to murder everything he can find. Imagine every single other cat owner around you giving their pets the same competitive advantage and you should be able to see the problem even in areas where cats are “native”.

Next time I’m walking my dog’s I’m going to let them shit in your garden seeing as you have no problem with your cats shitting in mine. Maybe I’ll let them hunt your cat too. I don’t want my precious babies being bored.

Except I won’t. Because I’m responsible and empathetic. You’re being incredibly selfish.

“I hate birds and small mammals and I want my little prince to be able to murder as much indigenous wildlife as he wants because otherwise I’ll have to provide adequate stimulation like for a fucking dog or something else that requires responsibility”