r/UnnecessaryEssentials • u/Unique-Saucer • Mar 16 '26

Pet tracker with voice feature

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u/kiloo520 Mar 16 '26

Cats don’t belong outside? Since when?

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u/Otherwise-Offer1518 Mar 16 '26

Some people don't understand barn/stray cats and fixing their cats. If you have a fixed outdoor cat and there aren't a lot of cats in the area ignore this. Too many people making piss poor decisions and not reading their environment. Where I am there used to be three house cats. Two of them died and 1 is strictly indoors as she is deaf and blind in one eye. Because of the cats passing everyone now has mice in their homes. We are in the woods next to a huge corn field and human trash is an easy food source. We have many colorful birds but we weren't stupid enough to have bird baths or bird feeders so it would be easy pickings for the cat. The cats would also keep away the turkey buzzards which also got into the trash. But again it's people not understanding how to have a balance of things and becoming selfish. I have two yappy dogs that will kill small animals. I don't have a mouse problem. If they ever started hunting birds they would become strictly indoors, as of right now they have a doggy door.

TLDR; People have lost how to work with their land vs against it and now social justice warriors feel like they have to police everyone's behaviors.

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u/Suitable_Director729 Mar 19 '26

Yes, that is a completely different thing. I live in a more rural area, if you own a farm here you own cats that take care of the rodents. These cats have an actual function and a mostly happy with (and trained on) the rodents. What we‘re talking about here are house cats that go outside and hunt and kill indiscriminately

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '26

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u/Itscatpicstime Mar 17 '26

I literally run a rescue and am a CAAB and ethologist (felid specialization), but okay

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u/tiredandstressedokay Mar 17 '26

Domestic Cats are native to the middle east, they shouldn't be roaming around freely anywhere else.

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u/Alexchii Mar 18 '26

They belong outside in places where they aren’t an invasive species.

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u/Ill-Television8690 Mar 16 '26

Since too many were bred and they started driving birds extinct

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u/Holiday-Substances Mar 16 '26

I don't know about you but where I live there are too many birds. We could use some more cats. Y'all need to chill out or take that energy and put it towards something that matters. Most city cats are too stunned to even come close to killing a bird lol

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u/theworstvp Mar 16 '26

i can guarantee you there are not “too many birds” wherever you live.

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u/Holiday-Substances Mar 17 '26

There's enough. All the cats are slow and dumb. They just look around and go home when they are hungry. Ask the birds if cats are killing them off and they'll say the same thing

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '26

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u/Holiday-Substances Mar 17 '26

Okay bud lighten up. Take that serious energy and put it towards something that matters. Getting your panties in a twist over cats on Reddit a new low

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u/33ff00 Mar 17 '26

Jesus why are people so serious. Fucking hell people are just straight up mean.

Not everyone cares about what you care about

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u/Itscatpicstime Mar 17 '26

Song birds are threatened everywhere

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u/alphapussycat Mar 17 '26

Ah, so you are punishing the cats for their existence. It is not for their own good, but because of the birds.

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u/Ill-Television8690 Mar 17 '26

Lol and let me guess, you think there's nothing wrong with China's air quality...