I sincerely hope you go out and try to leash community cats.
There are many feral cats who live in almost all our communities that don't have a home. They don't have people who care enough to house or feed them, not to mention leashing them when outside. They aren't disposable.
Animal abuse deserves punishment. Hard stop. I don't know what kind of point you are fumbling for here, but I have a hard time seeing its relevance.
'community cats' wouldn't exist if people actually cared for them in the first place and didn't let them roam free. I bet you'd be vocal about 'community dogs' roaming free to do what they want. Cuteness should't get a pass
You're preaching to the choir, friend. I work in animal welfare, and TNR and fostering feral kittens are my favorite ways to volunteer. I put my money and time where my mouth is.
Torturing wild animals is cool and good, aktuly. Its weird that anyone would think otherwise. If the bobcat didn't want me to cage it, pour gasoline over it, and set it on fire while I laughed at its animal screams, maybe it should have been licensed and penned in on someone's private property.
Sure. It's a blanket statement I use anytime I see/hear a cat outside u leashed regardless of the circumstances. It's overall good logic to have to keep the cats, and wildlife save. If this was a dog, no one would have an issue to me saying leash your dog. Cats should be no different.
The same goes for dogs, though. I don't think you meant ill, but I think you maybe missed the overarching theme that this was likely a lost or wild cat. People would still find your original comment offensive, whether it was a cat or a dog, and suggesting that keeping animals on leashes ignores all-too-common cases of loss or abandonment (which I'm sure you'd agree is an ongoing problem).
That's some real victim blaming bullshit right there. Are you gonna say next that sluts shouldn't be showing off their ankles if they don't want to get raped?
No, it would have just the cat into a tether ball. Besides it was probably a stray just chilling out doing his thing as stray animals do. Can't blame a stray cat or dog for the actions of shitty people.