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  • I suppose the best thing would be to start with the backyard then slowly work your way up at their pace (maybe just an open front door if you don’t have a yard). Cat’s are liquid and one of the best examples of that is how hard it is to keep them in any sort of harness. I took my cat out for a walk once with my dogs and he managed to slip out of his harness; I had to chase him for about a block before I managed to corner him in someones driveway. I’m lucky I’m pretty fit else he would’ve been gone.

    … I do recall there was someone in …Texas I think? …that made harness’ specifically for cats. Something about avoiding a nerve centre on their back that basically makes them go limp if something pushes against it.










  • jia_tan@sopuli.xyztocats@lemmy.worldSomebody had an adventure
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    26 days ago

    Sources?

    I have one for you:

    https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.502 - Exploring cat owners’ beliefs about cat containment as predictors of owner behavior

    Much of this impact may be attributed to feral, unowned cats, but domestic cats contribute substantially to predation on wildlife in urban areas. Predation rates per area by domestic cats in residential areas are 28–52 times higher than predation rates by feral cats in natural environments (Legge et al., 2020). Urban areas support diverse wildlife including threatened species, with 46% of nationally threatened Australian animals (almost 200 species) occurring in urban areas (Ives et al., 2016; Soanes & Lentini, 2019). Pet cats have been documented as having caused local eradication of native species populations (Bamford & Calver, 2015; Legge, Woinarski, et al., 2020), and even a single domestic cat can have major impacts on population decline and reproductive failure in a bird colony (Greenwell, Calver, & Loneragan, 2019).


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    26 days ago

    If the feral cat cannot be socialized and kept in a safe environment where it cannot harm local wildlife populations then it should be euthanized. No amount of useless downvotes will change that fact, or my unwavering position on environmental protection and my pure disdain for people that think it’s okay for cat’s to roam free outside.










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