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Cat's don't belong outside unsupervised.
*Downvoting this comment means you don't care about the environment, or the cat.
https://theconversation.com/research-reveals-why-pet-owners-keep-their-cats-indoors-and-its-not-to-protect-wildlife-166263
Putting the cat before the wildlife: Exploring cat owners' beliefs about cat containment as predictors of owner behavior
We need to worry about Bella and Charlie: the impacts of pet cats on Australian wildlife
Zoonotic Diseases Associated with Free-Roaming Cats
Tell me you've never adopted a feral cat without telling me you've never adopted a feral cat.
If the feral cat cannot be socialized and kept in a safe environment where it cannot harm local wildlife populations then it should be euthanized. No amount of useless downvotes will change that fact, or my unwavering position on environmental protection and my pure disdain for people that think it's okay for cat's to roam free outside.
I originally agreed with your first comment here (which you've changed) and I still do agree with the basic premise: that cats should not be allowed outdoors unsupervised.
But tbh, now you're just coming across as a bit of a dick who hates cats, which I don't abide at all.