halvo317

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[–] halvo317 -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Dogs kill 25,000 people annually. How many do housecats kill? It's not a 1-to-1 comparison.

My cat throws herself through the doorway as soon as anyone gets home. She will chew through window screens. She breaks the catio whenever we put it up. If we don't let her out, she will scream non-stop all night. She will fight with the other animals. She will resent us if we don't let her out. When, not if, she does get out, she'll stay away for longer if we haven't been letting her out. She'll disappear for days.

Meanwhile, if I let her out, she will usually sit on the patio or patrol the yard at night. She kills vermin such as voles, moles, and rats. She is territorial about our yard such that she has managed to push the colony of feral cats out of my yard. She gets regular checkups along with flea and tick treatment. She is 14 and happier than she's ever been. I'm going to let her live her best life.

[–] halvo317 -1 points 2 years ago

That cat better be the size of a cougar

[–] halvo317 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It definitely culls our local population.

[–] halvo317 -3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Birds and people are the same, so I see your point

[–] halvo317 1 points 2 years ago

Worth a shot. That's why domestic cats exist.

[–] halvo317 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

In Minnesota, we let five months of inhospitable winter do the dirty work for us.

[–] halvo317 9 points 2 years ago (9 children)

It's almost like cats and dogs are different animals or something.

[–] halvo317 2 points 2 years ago (6 children)

You are saying my 10 pound cat who avoids people while killing the voles that plague my yard should follow the same rules my 85 pound golden retriever with stranger danger anxiety does?

[–] halvo317 0 points 2 years ago
[–] halvo317 4 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Let computers be computery and paper be original art.

[–] halvo317 0 points 2 years ago

Price you pay for ambushing

[–] halvo317 9 points 2 years ago

Ships are the undisputed best literary vehicles.

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