>>342889It's
>>342885here again.
I'd just like to state, for the record, that I love cats of all shapes and sizes (except for the extreme deformities of breeds like the squashed faced Persians, Munkins etc, they should not exist) I like the way they move, I like the way they speak. I love the way they purr, I love the texture of their fur. I love cats. Always have, always will.
Unfortunately, what a lot of people on /an/ don't seem to realise is that doting on something is not the same as loving something. Doting on something is putting your cat out for the night and saying, "Now you behave snookums, I know you're a nice cat, you won't disembowel innocent birdies now because I know my snookums doesn't do anything like that." Loving something is saying, "I love you, my elegant little predator, but you are never going outside except on a leash. Ever."
And I should like to emphasise that while feral predators should, if possible, be removed from the affected areas, there is utterly no reason to do so with excess cruelty. Cane toad whacking is a favourite pastime where I come from and I have killed a large number myself (best method is to grab them in a plastic bag, knot the bag off and put it in a freezer. As humane as you can get without a vet's needle) but many people have used the excuse that they're vermin to torture the toads to death. Some pretty horrific things are done. If it were a puppy, or kitten or foal or calf that these things were done to the flames would reach the top of the sky and people would be hunting down the perpetrator with pitchforks in hand. Every animal feels pain, even vermin. And it should not be punished for human mistakes.
