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• DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Okay, weird to bring that up in this context.

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  • tomiant@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    My thinking was that, if we have an unmanageable population of cats, why don’t we solve the problem the way we solve all biodiversity- by eating it?

    I’m not saying we should, I’m just saying it’s an possible solution.

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    • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Is it even meat we’d want to eat though?

      Also the easier solution is more TNR and more education and resources to help prevent dumping unwanted cats.

      I worked with a shelter for a bit which specialized in feral cat populations. They would work with local landowners and municipalities to trap feral cats and engage in both TNR and they would separate out friendly cats to adopt out. They also worked with a local community college’s vet program to run an annual spayathon, with low cost spay/neutering services available, giving veterinary students valueble experience and helping reduce cat populations.

      With enough funding such projects can be successful, but its ultimately a numbers game since one mother can have a litter of 5+ kittens every year, and those 5 kittens can have litters the next year and so on, so it takes a lot of hands on work trapping, spaying/neutering and releasing and maintaining that progress indefinitely to make a dent in the local popupation. There’s always going to be a few cats you never catch who keep the population going, so you have to limit their impact on the overall population

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      • tomiant@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        If we’re past the moral point then let’s talk! I mean Chinese eat birds nests, I’m sure we can accommodate cat in some cuisine. If not for flavor or texture then for the good of ecological balance. It would be weird if we only ate everything except cats and end up with 600 million cats. There are 600 million cats in the world by the way.

        They breed fast, they’re lean, and apart from the presumptive ethical consideration it just makes good economical sense.

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    • kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You literally used the word “should” in your previous comment 😉

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      • tomiant@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Look I’m saying we could.

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• HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I mean, I’m all for eating pussy but not that kind.

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  • tomiant@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Don’t kitt-shame.

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