"Outsidoor cats" shouldn't be a thing, imo.
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Anyone who keeps outdoor cats in coyote territory is just an asshole. Can confirm. Do live in coyote territory.
People who have outdoor cats are facilitating the extinction of birds. I'm completely serious. Domestic cats kill billions of birds annually.
Yeah. The coyotes are just doing course correction for nature.
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We had farm cats in coyote territory without issue. We never lost one to coyotes to my knowledge. You just need to ensure that you also have coyote deterants like an assault donkey or a llama. Having a big guard dog also helps. Basically, anything that would protect your livestock will also protect the cats. If there are enough threats to coyotes in the area then the coyotes will steer clear.
In our case it probably also helped that mama farm cat was a monsterous maine coon who I once saw literally beat the shit out of a full grown rotweiler that got too close to her kittens. It wouldn't surprise me if she had been hunting coyotes for sport.
Anyone who keeps outdoor cats is just an asshole.
FTFY
I live in Western NY state, and even we have coyotes now. Not numerous but noticeable. They've extended their range beyond what you might think from the Roadrunner cartoons.
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saying so in front of the daughter is low key savage.
But it always boggles my mind when adults are shocked and horrified that predators ...predate. Especially non-vegans.
Like Bro. Hommie needs to eat, and they can't live off beans. (well, maybe coyotes can.)
I'm glad I wasn't Disney'd in childhood. Better to know reality, than be deluded, made fragile and crippled by reality. Face the horror. Stop lying to children. Children become adults.
Grow up on a farm and you really have no delusions about how the world works. Although I did think teachers lived at the school so I was unclear with how Mrs Thatcher got pregnant.
how Mrs Thatcher got pregnant
Presumably, alcohol involved.
Although, that too likely still naive.
... The perversions in the crooked cabal... they're into a lot of really really vile stuff.
[Edit: Oh... or are you talking about a different Mrs Thatcher than ?]
Presumably, alcohol involved.
Oh we love you Mrs Thatcher, like your old man likes a brew;
such a lad your husband Denis when he's had a drink or two.
Sure he'll take a pint of Murphy's and a glass of Irish Mist
and because he sleeps with you each night, no wonder he's always pissed.
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There were a lot of teachers that were married, and that in itself didn't make sense to me. Not because I thought they lived at school, but because they had such awful attitudes that I couldn't imagine somebody agreeing to spend their entire lives with them.
Then I grew up and realized that their husbands were probably awful, too. Either that, or the teachers took all their frustrations out on their students and had happier home lives. Either way, I still find it pretty sad. I know patience is a virtue, but you should know what you're getting into when you choose to become a teacher. Shitty teachers create traumatized students. If you don't think you can hack it, please, for the sake of all that is good, consider a different career.
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Shit like this is why it's so hard for you to adopt an animal btw. Shelters have no idea if you're a coyote feeder
evidently not, over there
"And then people accuse me of being socially challenging!"
I'm socially challenging because I don't understand the liar's game and don't play along because I wasn't aware I was supposed to, so they get caught in a lie.
... What?
Not OP, but I think I understand what they're saying.
Some people think lying is just a part of life. Especially those who think, "Rules for me, not for thee." Most people won't call out someone in a lie, for the sake of politeness. But that "politeness" is an aspect of social skills.
I was an honest, literal-minded kid with underdeveloped social skills. I had no qualms about calling a spade a spade. Think of the story where the kid calls out, "The emperor has no clothes!" Pointing out dishonesty makes sense for such kids, but doing so also breaks unspoken social rules.
Parents be like: "Oops, my child just died, good thing I made a few backups"
I love memes where coyotes and cats are replaced with different things here.
Meme or whatever, but fuckwits that keep cats outdoors (and cat hoarders) are the main reason why my charitable donations to animal groups focus on spay/neuter programs rather than shelters. I know the animals in shelters need help too, but reducing the inflow of animals into the shelters helps them as well.
And reduces hazards to wildlife from cats, whether they be outdoor pets, strays, abandoned, or feral.
And reduces demand for meat-based cat foods.
It's the most efficient way to help that I can think of.
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Showed this to my family, the missus remarked that maybe the dude should keep coyotes instead of cats.
If that were true it's actually the shelter feeding cats to the foxes.
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