Ever think of just keeping them inside and safe? If it's not your fault, then whose is it? It's your cat, and the road is for cars. It's not the driver's fault. It's not the cat's fault. That leaves YOU.
At the risk of offending people I genuinely like, I'm pondering why you got voted down to -4 for talking about keeping animals safe.
My ex is a cat person and she suspects her neighbour poisoned her outdoor cat because he was leaving a mess in the neighbour's garden. She has another cat now and has made the choice to keep her as an indoor cat, partially against her wishes because she doesn't like restricting freedom. But she's opted for safety over freedom. I wonder if that's a metaphor for the world we humans live in.
Excuse me? So it was my fault that my cat who for 16 years was never ill, went missing one day and I found her eventually after what it seemed like she had was a stroke?
You can't lay the blame on the owner when some people drive like maniacs with no respect whatsoever.
Oh right. It is my fault that they run through my legs when I open the door. It is my fault that I let them live their lives instead of being stuck inside a home and having shit all to do. It's also my fault that I can't drive and decide to drive over the speed limit and end up hitting a cat. It's also my fault that I don't help my cats look left and right before crossing the street. I might as well just go unemployed and put a gps on my cats so I can watch them all day and night.
I don't know how I sleep at night. Thanks for pointing it all out to me.
So you rather see the cats live outside, never having a warm home, food, interacting with people? Die because of the cold weather in the winter? Or maybe hunger?
I think all of the cats I ever had would have died by a car anyday than to have lived outside in the cold, having to fend for themselves and having nobody to take care of them.
So if I ever have kids one day, I'll keep them at home. I won't let them go outside because someone in a car might hit them.
The point is, if you're going to take the cat, then care for it properly and take responsibility. It IS your fault the cats get hit, because you said you don't keep them inside. Whatever your reasons are, doesn't matter. If it's your cat, keep it safe however you have to. Owning a cat means keeping it safe, and letting it out where it can, or~rather~WILL, get hit is completely irresponsible. There's no excuse for it, although I'm sure you'll keep trying to justify it. Do you realize how ridiculous you sound? Would I rather see a cat die from being cold or hungry or die over at your place, full and warm but under the tires of a car....REALLY?? This is logic to you? How about, take the cat in, care for it properly and don't let it out, especially when you KNOW it's probably going to get hit or don't take it at all. That's like saying would you rather get shot right now or live a few more weeks and then get senselessly stabbed out of the blue while I'm supposed to protect you. Yeah, THAT makes sense.
When did I say I don't keep them inside? I said, I let them go outside. They are allowed to take fresh air and go do whatever it wants outside. Then come home to eat, sleep and whatever it wants to do inside.
Clearly, you are not reading what I am saying so
there is no point in aruging with you. Your logic makes no sense to me. Think what you want and I'll think what I want.
Have you ever got a pet and got rid of it immediately?
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Ever think of just keeping them inside and safe? If it's not your fault, then whose is it? It's your cat, and the road is for cars. It's not the driver's fault. It's not the cat's fault. That leaves YOU.
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At the risk of offending people I genuinely like, I'm pondering why you got voted down to -4 for talking about keeping animals safe.
My ex is a cat person and she suspects her neighbour poisoned her outdoor cat because he was leaving a mess in the neighbour's garden. She has another cat now and has made the choice to keep her as an indoor cat, partially against her wishes because she doesn't like restricting freedom. But she's opted for safety over freedom. I wonder if that's a metaphor for the world we humans live in.
Excuse me? So it was my fault that my cat who for 16 years was never ill, went missing one day and I found her eventually after what it seemed like she had was a stroke?
You can't lay the blame on the owner when some people drive like maniacs with no respect whatsoever.
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I'm with you on everything you said.
Oh right. It is my fault that they run through my legs when I open the door. It is my fault that I let them live their lives instead of being stuck inside a home and having shit all to do. It's also my fault that I can't drive and decide to drive over the speed limit and end up hitting a cat. It's also my fault that I don't help my cats look left and right before crossing the street. I might as well just go unemployed and put a gps on my cats so I can watch them all day and night.
I don't know how I sleep at night. Thanks for pointing it all out to me.
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Then don't own cats!! Cat after cat gets hit because you can't or won't keep them inside and you keep getting more?
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So you rather see the cats live outside, never having a warm home, food, interacting with people? Die because of the cold weather in the winter? Or maybe hunger?
I think all of the cats I ever had would have died by a car anyday than to have lived outside in the cold, having to fend for themselves and having nobody to take care of them.
So if I ever have kids one day, I'll keep them at home. I won't let them go outside because someone in a car might hit them.
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The point is, if you're going to take the cat, then care for it properly and take responsibility. It IS your fault the cats get hit, because you said you don't keep them inside. Whatever your reasons are, doesn't matter. If it's your cat, keep it safe however you have to. Owning a cat means keeping it safe, and letting it out where it can, or~rather~WILL, get hit is completely irresponsible. There's no excuse for it, although I'm sure you'll keep trying to justify it. Do you realize how ridiculous you sound? Would I rather see a cat die from being cold or hungry or die over at your place, full and warm but under the tires of a car....REALLY?? This is logic to you? How about, take the cat in, care for it properly and don't let it out, especially when you KNOW it's probably going to get hit or don't take it at all. That's like saying would you rather get shot right now or live a few more weeks and then get senselessly stabbed out of the blue while I'm supposed to protect you. Yeah, THAT makes sense.
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When did I say I don't keep them inside? I said, I let them go outside. They are allowed to take fresh air and go do whatever it wants outside. Then come home to eat, sleep and whatever it wants to do inside.
Clearly, you are not reading what I am saying so
there is no point in aruging with you. Your logic makes no sense to me. Think what you want and I'll think what I want.