• Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    From the cats perspective I think it’s quite uncontroversial to say they’d be happier roaming free.

    EDIT: I’d really love to hear the argument for why a cat actually prefers to live its enitire life indoors, despite this being something we’ve only done to them for the past few decades or so.

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      1 year ago

      We’ve selected for traits that make some of them only really suitable at being indoor companions or mouse hunters.

      Hairless cats for just one instance.

      These aren’t wild animals.

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        1 year ago

        Okay, sure, but that doesn’t apply to the vast majority of cats. Your average house cat is much more a wild animal than a dog for example and it’s quite ridiculous to think they’d prefer being indoors.