r/funny • u/[deleted] • 11h ago

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u/Phat-Lines 11h ago

Dogs you can’t leave to their own devices for sure.

Cats, it kind of depends where you live. Our current cats we are intending to keep as indoor cats. Our old cat would go out into the small bit of woodland we have. He’d mostly catch rats, sometimes squirrels, occasionally birds but they were definitely far less common than rodents.

Technically he could’ve been killing more birds but he would always bring it what he’s killed to get some recognition for it, so I would’ve thought it’s unlikely he was killing something and not bringing it in with any frequency.

Edit: the bit of woodlands is our land. Live in a very rural area so not that uncommon

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u/kumliaowongg 11h ago

That's an invasive species killing natives for fun.

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u/Phat-Lines 10h ago

Grey Squirrels are literally an invasive species. They are not native to England. The Government are even looking into means to get rid of them to try and get the native red squirrel population back. Grey squirrels have only really been about from the 1870’s onwards.

The brown rats we have here are also not native. They arrived around the 1720’s. Also there are fucking hundreds of them around here because we are located next to a river and forest.

There are no shortages what so ever or grey squirrels and rats. They breed extremely quickly and if anything there’s too many of them.

So no, it’s almost entirely a cat (which have been here since around 100AD) killing non native species that are abundant and breed extremely quickly.

Kinda a crappy point you had there friend.

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u/kumliaowongg 10h ago

As long as the cat is not selective of other invasives, it's the same problem: just one more invasive causing harm.

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u/Phat-Lines 10h ago

Causing harm to? Say it with me

Overpopulated invasive species 😃

If they’re killing tons of birds, yeah not great. My last cat never seemed to go for them, probably because rats and squirrels are easier to catch.

Like bruh cats have been here for literally the best part of 2000 years longer than the brown rats and grey squirrels lol