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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And we can decide to not decimate the ecosystem. Cats don't know any better.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

It is similar to the Dodo bird. Humans(Dutch settlers) brought Dogs and other predators to the island(Mauritius) where Dodo birds lived. Over time, the dogs and humans overhunted the bird to extinction. dogs were good guides and predators, same thing with the cats we brought to Australia. Humanity has done unfixable damage by bringing species that would not know better.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm not really sure what your point is.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We brought the cats in the first place

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Still not sure how that applies to what I said

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It is similar to the Dodo bird. Humans(Dutch settlers) brought Dogs and other predators to the island(Mauritius) where Dodo birds lived. Over time, the dogs and humans overhunted the bird to extinction. dogs were good guides and predators, same thing with the cats we brought to Australia. Humanity has done unfixable damage by bringing along species that would not know better.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Okay? I'm still not sure how that applies to the conversation

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you follow the chain… We brought the cats. By saying they did not know better and we do know better, We should have known about how invasive species can dominate ecosystems and wreck everything around them. In fact, In Pennsylvania, they have to kill Spotted Lantern flies(from asian flights) because the spotted lantern flies would eat all the plants that native animals depend on. This is why food is inspected on flights(the risk of foreign diseases/parasites). The native species on their land did not adapt to foreign predators. We did not know better(like the cats) and now we do.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

Okay but I'm not sure how that relates at all. I get the feeling you initially believed I disagreed with you, but I don't?