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lectricleopard@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoI agree and disagree. If you did a large enough trial mleith many animals and people, for each of many test cats in homes, then the data might show this. I just think that even if this hypothesis is true, the reaction to every cat/person won’t be the same for a given test cat. That could be a noisy signal.
Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
It was more a plea to cat owners that know their cat. The cats I know don’t tolerate cats on the street outside their house, let alone inside, plenty of people around though. I’m sure there’s exceptions, I don’t know cats well, but as a rule I think they’re territorial against cats, not humans.
DaTingGoBrrr@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I have never seen a cat beg another cat for food. I have seen plenty of cats beg humans for food. I am pretty sure cats are smart enough to realize we are not cats. For one, we have hands we can use to open doors and give pets
lectricleopard@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I see what you mean. I have 3 cats, all girls and spayed. Our neighbor has an outdoor cat (socially acceptable animal cruelty imo), a boy and intact.
They make goo goo eyes at each other through the windows. I dont know what would happen if I let them out, but they look like they’d be friends.
quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Why is an outdoor cat animal cruelty?
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
One of the big things is their robust appetite for murder. Domesticated cats destroy bird populations. At minimum they should have a collar with a bell.
lectricleopard@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They live much shorter lives outdoors. Im not sure how someone could not care about the length of life of something they care about.