Oh I got into a "discussion" with my neighbour who's friend said she was cruel for having indoor cats.

I said her friend is thick and should be ignored, because she is and she should be.

Well the neighbour decided instead to give her cats to the Shelter and now has indoor dogs.

I don't like my neighbour, she's stupid with stupid friends, and cruel to animals.

In other news, one of my indoor cats is 19 years old.

My cat just sits in my backyard all day

Eh even on farms they're not the most effective

Sure cats sometimes catch mice, but you know what else also catches mice and is actually native to wherever your area is? Owls.. Owls that are being chased off by said cat.

Let your local raptors do their job people.

We'd welcome anything like this at !microblog_memes@lemmy.world.

We let our cats in the garden supervised if they want but they're indoor cats otherwise. One will go out for a short time and come back in if we go in, and the other one has absolutely no interest in going out and would rather cosey up on my pillow.

They're both elderly but have been that way since they were kittens/rescued.

We got them harnesses so we could take them out and see stuff but they weren't all that into it.

We have puzzle games and plenty of toys for them. The oldest loves a puzzle and can out maneuver our dog at them, but the younger one has a single braincell and is as dumb as a box of rocks. She's happy just to sit to your lap and get pets.

How bad it is depends on where you live, but yeah, for a lot of reasons most of the world probably shouldn't have outdoor housecats. As the article you linked pointed out though, most of the damage is being done by feral cats, and well... that cat's out of the bag, so to speak.

The number of birds killed by cats per year matches ironically the number of animals us humans kill per day for food if we include marine animals. 😄

Yep, I can't believe the hypocrisy either, pretty much all major cities require that dogs be on a leash or in a yard. Cats though? Can't have them on a leash! Are you crazy!?! 😱

It really sounds like you gave him a great life that nobody else would have. Without you they would have died a feral cat only knowing struggle within the unending fight for food and warmth. With you they got to know love and got to leave all that struggle behind. You did good.

Sells the joke better. If you split the sentence into clauses, using commas, then you give the brain a little rest and it would get to the punchline before you read it.