I don't think most people's backyard is some kind of wildlife exclusion zone, and the problem isn't specifically that cats are killing animals in other backyards that the neighbors called "dibs" on first.
The cat obviously isn't being attended to while it's outside.
The owners clearly imply that their other two cats have done the same thing and brought them dead animals before.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Cats don't give a fuck about 'property lines'. Period.
Cats will kill even when they don't need to feed. Lock them up.
I love our cat, and I don't want to see it squished in half by a car. I keep it inside. It's a rescue, I know it was an outdoor cat before. It's fine now.

[+] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world -44 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Maybe not, but you're not going to change anybodies mind on the internet. Its just not gonna work.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 54 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

We're going through the biggest disinformation crisis in human history thanks exclusively to the Internet's profound ability to change minds by spreading and normalizing bullshit, but "it's just not gonna work" when it's something you specifically don't want to hear.

Edit: ironically, my mind was changed after hearing someone bring this up on the Internet and then reading the scientific literature.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

This is a great argument for the possibility of changing some minds. You've definitely changed mine. My policy is unchanged though; I'm not going to set out with the goal of changing minds in online discussions.

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 40 points 2 months ago

Well... Not entirely true. It was a comment not dissimilar to the one at the top of this thread that made me realize we shouldn't be keeping cats outdoors. We had always had the indoor/outdoor cat and never really thought anything about it. After that comment and doing a little research all of our cats became indoor cats from then on.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 months ago

Hearing about this online changed my mind because I had no idea, and it's easy to verify.

[–] Luffy879@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 month ago

Then why are you trying to convince us that you cant convince anyone?

Your whole argument is a paradox

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 44 points 2 months ago (1 children)

you'd need a very special backyard to fence a cat in

[–] chellomere@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

My dad actually did this with their patio. It's fenced in with a 2.5m high net. Of course, this assumes the cat in question is docile enough to not want to climb it, which their current cat happens to be.

The whole reason for the fenced patio is because of their previous cat, which became blind at old age. So she could then still safely explore the outdoors.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 month ago

You can do this, true. However, this obviously isn't true for this post because it implies it's normal for the other cats to bring in dead animals, which probably wouldn't happen in a screened in patio.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

that's amazing! we currently keep ours indoors but i have plans for a catio