• FiveMacs@lemmy.ca
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    18 days ago

    If the cat was leashed, this horrid incident most likely would have never occurred…just sayin.

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      18 days ago

      How do you know you’re on the wrong side of an issue? When you’re literally excusing animal abuse.

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      18 days ago

      Are you aware that house cats sometimes escape or get lost? Or that some are born feral?

      I don’t know the details of this particular animal’s origins, but it’s kind of ignorant to think that a leash was even a likely possibility.

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        18 days ago

        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.

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          18 days ago

          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).

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      18 days ago

      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?

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        18 days ago

        Not at all, but ok…think what you want while you’re with your leashed cats.

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      18 days ago

      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.

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      18 days ago

      If it was a wild animal would it be okay? They aren’t going to be leashed, so I fail to see how that changes empathy.

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        18 days ago

        Wild cats aren’t a thing in…Texas until humans started neglecting them by allowing them to be unleashed.

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          18 days ago

          I said wild animal, not cat. Missed the point. Where do you draw the line at animal abuse being okay?