"Yeah let's send the guy with the allergy to the thing to do a story on the thing." Bro, did you lose a bet, or piss someone off? I feel for ya.

I agree. However my current cat is scared of his own shadow, I've seen him run from over confident moths.

@notpocky9806

8 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 “overconfident moths” 😅 that’s too funny. Once in a while I bring a good sturdy flappy moth inside so mine can play with it for hours before it’s so damaged it’s no longer flinching, then she eats it. Afterward she finds a nice cozy spot and sleeps for a cpl hours. Happy times.

@larrymunn5279

7 ай бұрын

@@notpocky9806 I always WANTED my kitty to go get spiders for me she kept anything with wings down but when it came to spiders her attitude was "? the hells your problem? Live and let live." lol

@douglasgriffiths3534

6 ай бұрын

One of my cats eats scorpions. The venom dosen't bother cats. (Jan Griffiths).@@larrymunn5279

I like Jonathan's statement "not sure own is the right word." Cats are like weird college roommates. Some choose to move in. Others accept they live where they do but barely care. All of them set up idiosyncratic habits. How warm they are to you can vary widely.

@TonyTylerDraws

8 ай бұрын

Cats domesticated *us*

@tavdy79

8 ай бұрын

My aunt and uncle were adopted by two kittens, separately and roughly six months apart, about fifteen years ago. Each kitten turned up at the back door one night, had a look around, decided they liked the place, and moved in.

@douglasgriffiths3534

8 ай бұрын

My cat Burger came in with my dog as a storm was approaching. 14 years ago. He was a tiny little thing, about 6 weeks old. I went to let the dog in, and he came in right on her heels. Been here ever since. My dog probably said to him"these people are pushovers, just follow me". (Jan Griffiths)..@@tavdy79

@victoriaeads6126

7 ай бұрын

Lol, that's because we never truly domesticated cats, they just decided to move in one day. Many times. 😋

@axe2grind244

7 ай бұрын

My cat Burt legit moved out when I got a puppy. He didn’t even attempt to get along with her so he packed his shit and moved next door. I had to walk over to my 70 year old neighbors and tell them my son is an asshole and refuses to get along with his new sister🤦‍♂️. Thankfully they thought it was hilarious and took him lol.

Cats are an adorable ecological menace.

My cat Gary got lost few years ago so after panicking and calling neighbors for 24 hours straight I went in the basement and grabbed my other cat Burt, who’s a 21lb death machine, by his chubby cheeks and told him to get his big ass outside and find his brother and don’t come home without him. 4 hours later they both comes strolling in the house looking for treats. Cats are ridiculous lol.

@travisdonotsuscribegototjs9323

3 ай бұрын

Glad cat brother knew the job I kept a keen eye on my other cat then Blackie knocked on the door three days later

@DJREZEREKT

3 ай бұрын

Yo... I dealt with this before... My cat took off for 3 weeks. I was ready to give up on him.... Then he showed up outta nowhere... He's been around ever since. I wonder where he was for three weeks

I am so sorry for your eyes. but, thanks for the great content. Our older cat used to be inside/outside, she killed many rats. Now, she is inside all the time because the neighborhood got too dangerous for pets. We live near a place that used to have livestock occasionally. So the rat/mice population used to be huge.

Had farm cat/outdoor cats growing up my older sisters tamed. The numbers would vary from 4-36 depending on kittens each year. I fed them each morning some cat food and table scraps. My mother swore they didn't do anything around the house. After we all left, my parents of got rid of them slowly (spay, neuter, give away). After no issues for literal decades, they suddenly had mouse issues in the house. They were doing something, that's for sure.

@FlagCutie

8 ай бұрын

Mouser cats are so helpful!

@douglasgriffiths3534

8 ай бұрын

My cats are indoor/outdoor (I have a large cat run). They hunt in the house, mostly bugs and scorpions. Once in a while, one will catch a mouse or wood rat out in the run. I let them play with their prize, but not eat it. They get treats instead, and I dispose of their prize without them seeing me. One of my cats is the scorpion specialist. I do let eat them. She is so happy afterward. Cats do have some immunity to scorpion venom. (Jan Griffiths).

@robzilla730

5 ай бұрын

​@@douglasgriffiths3534Scorpions? Where do you live? Texas? Arizona?

@travisdonotsuscribegototjs9323

3 ай бұрын

I mean mice tend to stay away from cat urine I mean just a cat box itself is a deterrent and I got two

how dare you say those 6 first words in a video about cats?!

@Pottery4Life

8 ай бұрын

I agree with him.

6-7 football fields… is a lot of roads to cross. There are ‘Lost Cat’ signs all over my neighbourhood at the moment.

@halobaby0331

2 ай бұрын

People cry wolf when their precious baby goes missing. Well why would you put your precious baby in dangers way? So fucked up for the cat.

Who assigned the guy with the cat allergies to host the video about cats?

@patrickfitzgerald2861

8 ай бұрын

Pretty damned stupid if you ask me.

@hewhohasnoidentity4377

8 ай бұрын

He was probably interested enough in the project to volunteer.

@prapanthebachelorette6803

7 ай бұрын

I think it’s because he’s the main host of the whole human footprint series 😂

Grateful that ours are all indoors. Safer for them, better for the environment.

@nickirmen6671

29 күн бұрын

They would have a field day with field mice

@stuartdollar9912

28 күн бұрын

@@nickirmen6671 Birds, lizards, mice. Feral cats take down a shocking amount of small animals in a month. Our first used to kill a couple or three birds a week, everything from finches to pigeons. And that was just the ones we witnessed or found the carcasses of. There's a reason in confined areas like islands, they can clear out pretty much anything they hunt.

Two old sisters that owned a farm near me decided to start feeding the feral cats and after more than a decade there numbers grew to around 100 living all around there farm. They decimated the wild ground birds, rabbits, squirrels and what ever else they could hunt in all the surrounding wild forests and countryside. the sisters both passed away a few years ago and since no one is feeding them things are starting to find some sort of minor balance again slowly. just this year we finally saw a few red squirrels back but still no woodcock, rabbits, partridge and the likes yet.

@juskahusk2247

8 ай бұрын

their

@samiuseliina

8 ай бұрын

The importance of affordable vet services on controlling the population.

@victoriaeads6126

7 ай бұрын

That's what Trap/Neuter/Vaccinate/Release programs, which are often low cost because they are funded by donations, are for. A small, healthy, non-breeding population will keep out ferals, and they won't be overpopulating the area.

In my experience it isn't so secret. They tend to leave trophies on the porch.

@Catlily5

8 ай бұрын

Not all cats leave trophies. Our childhood cat killed birds but didn't bring them to the house.

@Lzech

3 ай бұрын

mine killed birds / frogs / lizards and leave them on the porch all the time

My two cats are strict indoor cats...well, exept for when they want to go outside to roll around on the patio. I always thoroughly supervise them though, I value the wildlife in my area and hate when people just turn their cats loose with no regard for the enviorment.

@LePedant

8 ай бұрын

It's cruel to keep force your cat to be inside all day. If you don't live in an area where cats can go outside w/o harming the natural environment, then you don't need to own a cat.

@1Fresh_Water

8 ай бұрын

@@LePedant Just teach the cat to walk on a leash. there's no reason to let a cat out unsupervised. Not only is it bad for the local wildlife, its dangerous for the cat. I know so many cats who've been grabbed by coyotes or ran over.

@luged

8 ай бұрын

​@LePedant how do you figure this? What makes you think cats can't have a full happy life indoors? Plenty of animals, including dogs, live just fine indoors

@LePedant

8 ай бұрын

@@1Fresh_Water Yes there is, it's for their mental health. Cats have a natural tendency to explore, so allowing them access to the outside world gives them mental stimulation and reduces stress. If live near rare animals the cat can prey on, or if you live in a city where they can get ran over. It's not responsible to get a cat.

@luged

8 ай бұрын

​@@LePedantyou didn't watch the video huh? Apparently most stay within a very small area of "home".

The last part was pretty interesting about an AI adapting alarm. As much as I love my cat Mackerel, I agree cats have done huge damage to wild ecosystems. There was a study and a documentary, I remember watching from the UK where it was a whole study on tracking cats and seeing what and where they end up/do during the day and night outdoors.

@cjcarver6290

8 ай бұрын

Yes, that was a good video as well.

@douglasgriffiths3534

6 ай бұрын

That's part of the reason I have a cat run. The cats can go out in the run whenever they want. They stay safe, and so does the native wildlife. (Jan Griffiths).

We have been home to many cats over the last 50 years. The one thing I can tell you for sure.... Its no secret. A 12 lb murder machine.

@sophierobinson2738

8 ай бұрын

My cats murdered a mouse by knocking a picture frame over on it. I had leaned it against a dresser to take away later. I found it flat on the floor the next morning. On setting it back up, I found the very flat mouse.

@nahor88

8 ай бұрын

Murder machine yes... make no mistake, a 12 lb house cat could kill an adult human if it REALLY wanted to. Those kitty claws are no joke.

A way to help is have your cats only go out on a leash or have an screened-in patio or gazebo for them. Cats do great as indoor only pets, too

My cats are never allowed outside without supervision, ie, on a leash. I adore that they're such perfect little killing machines, but that doesn't mean I want them terrorizing the neighborhood. I also happen to like watching birds and squirrels outside and too many cats means I don't get to enjoy the rest of nature I also enjoy.

@BossFlight

7 ай бұрын

This gives me hope there are ethical people in the World!

@douglasgriffiths3534

6 ай бұрын

I have a cat run, and my cats go out in there to watch the birds and other critters. They can't get at them at all. Everyone stays safe. (Jan Griffiths).

Dude said, he never got out smarted by a cat, yet he's been studying them lol. Cats got us figured out ages ago

My cats never go outside. They can hunt as much as they'd like inside the house.

@__rm307

8 ай бұрын

I wish my neighbors did the same w their cats! They are always crying outside

@Dima-xu2qw

7 ай бұрын

That's sad...

@travishartzler9155

7 ай бұрын

2 stories and a basement. 18 rooms and 5 closets. And it's an porous old farm house that mice love trying to colonize. Plenty of hunting for them to do.@@Dima-xu2qw

@malice4422

7 ай бұрын

I cant imagine a life without ever feeling fresh air and sunlight on your skin

@travishartzler9155

7 ай бұрын

If my kid was a serial killer, would you want him locked up? Or be allowed to run free?@@malice4422

I find it hard to believe that scientists cant figure out what cats are doing outside.

@scottabc72

8 ай бұрын

Easy answer is theyre killing things but which things are being killed, how many, how far from home etc... needs to be researched

@arcadyneytgaming1153

8 ай бұрын

@@scottabc72 and also they didn't just kill things to eat but just play with them which very cruel and unnecessary.

@Catlily5

8 ай бұрын

​Feral cats don't play with their prey. That is pet cat behavior. The cats probably aren't being cruel. They are unlikely to realize that prey has feelings.

@nahor88

8 ай бұрын

@@Catlily5 Correct; "cruelty" is a higher evolutionary feature. Very few animals have been observed practicing what can be interpreted as true sadism. One classic example is Orcas tossing a seal around before eating it.

@theotheseaeagle

3 ай бұрын

@@Catlily5 that’s because pet cats are basically just overgrown kittens. Because they are always fed they assume that your their parent so they’ll have their adult hunting characteristics but then won’t know what to do when they’ve actually caught something and will just play around with it until it dies. My cats used to do that all the time but they’ve stopped now. Now whenever they catch something they kill it quickly as possible and eat it.

In Norway there has been outdoor cats for thousands of years. At this point, I feel sure that they are a part of the eco system. Besides, we also have the lynx

@Catlily5

8 ай бұрын

Yes, domesticated cats are more of a problem in the Americas or Oceania. Though they could still cause problems anywhere if their population is too high.

@SotraEngine4

8 ай бұрын

@@Catlily5 I agree they are a disaster in Australia, probably also most other non-Eurasia-Africa countries

@bevs9995

7 ай бұрын

guess norway wasnt affected by the black death

@SotraEngine4

7 ай бұрын

@@bevs9995 It very very much was. Ødegård is a common last name. Norwegian history would be wildly different without the plague

@bevs9995

7 ай бұрын

@@SotraEngine4 what does the name odegard mean?

I got the wrong cats, we have a mouse problem and the cats kill fewer mice than I do. They're afraid of mice, killing mice is supposed to be their main pirpose.

My cat sure loved this! He's not a huge TV guy, but got really into this! (He wants me to tell you that he's an indoor cat since 3mos, born feral, but says he's never killed a bird. Uh... is possible...but where did he learn to jump like that? 🙀).

I so miss having a pet cat. R.I.P., Little Rip, Big Meow, and, Poopy Cat. Big Meow lived 18 years. Poopy cat? Cancer. Lil Rip?? Sadly... road kill. I buried them with tombstones. 💯❤️❤️❤️

This was an amazing segment @PBS Keep this kind of work up, this is what we need you for! Thank you to the cast and crew working on this. You do impressive work.

"You own cats." 😂😂😂😂😂 OMG! That's adorable.

My parents' formerly stray cat harasses them to be let outside each day, so they let him roam around in the backyard. Unfortunately, he has injured or killed some wildlife, mostly reptiles and insects. I've told them to build a catio or leash-train him so he can enjoy the outdoors without terrorizing the wildlife or getting himself in harm's way.

I noticed the more cats in my neighborhood, the less bird poop on my car

A few of my cats love to hunt. They'd bring mice, rats, birds, lizards (often still alive) but never eat them. It's all just play and fun for them. They'd use their hunted animals as a toy. One time I saw them on the CCTV, passing around this tiny mouse like a soccer ball, and proceeded to eat their kibbles once they're bored. There's no more rats and mice problems on my street because of my cats, making me appreciate and love them even more 💕

@BossFlight

7 ай бұрын

They don't just kill rats, the large population has become a nightmare to wildlife. It is like we that have infested the world and asked domestic species to help out decimating what is left. I just wish we coudl be as compassionate about wildlife as we are with our pets.

That is why I don't let my cats go out. Also, they will live much longer as indoor cat. I warmed my neighbour there is a bobcat in the area. She even said her pigeons went missing. Yet, she still left her cat go out. Now the cat is long gone.

Very enlightening! Thanks

Cat owner in the US southeast here - I live inside the city limits now but both my cats are allowed to spend short amounts of time outside. They have demonstrated a pattern of NOT bothering the birds, preferring the rodents instead. This has worked out not just in favor of my family but most of my neighbors, since no one has mice or rat trouble. It's an unusual case I suppose, and anecdotal rather than hard evidence, but in many places in my own city there are feral and "part time" outside cats, and we're not seeing a bird shortage. (However this area is not particularly known for ANY "rare species" of bird, so that may have more to do with it.) In a more general sense, I feel like we've learned quite a lot over the last decade or two - studies done with urban cats where the owner gets a Go-Pro attached to the cat somehow, other studies using microchip type RFID to track colonies of feral cats. Locally there's a fairly strong program for catch-neuter-release, and for a while there they were also chipping the animals to help track which ones had already been "processed," and get a rough estimate of population growth rate - which did indeed slow down significantly. I feel like cats - just as with EVERY species we humans have domesticated - aren't so much "to blame" for the trouble they cause. They're just being cats. It's up to us humans to figure out ways to re-balance ecologies and restore things; same as it's our responsibility to handle lots of other such issues. Unfortunately it's not gonna be as simple as "convince all feral cats to only eat house sparrows." (Though that WOULD be rather efficient, wouldn't it)

Found a newborn kitten when I was a kid couldn't find the mother so I gave him to our mama cat and he grew frighteningly large scared our friends and guest whenever he entered the room left a serial killer number of dead animals in our home on a daily basis Squirrels , Rabbits , Mice , Rats , kittens , puppies and all kinds of birds Everytime he came in he brought in something he killed angry Neighbors hanged him he killed neighbors pets and attacked children in the neighborhood and possibly killed other cats don't know why he was unusually aggressive or large if i had to guess he might have had a Bobcat father .

@drevil3606

7 ай бұрын

Bit harsh in my opinion.

The AI idea is great and all, but what if they conspire with the cats?

My cat lives with my pet parrot , she brings home rats and mice but shows no interest in birds. ! Obvoiusly I never leave her alone with the parrot the same as I would never leave a dog with him , instinct is instinct.

@douglasgriffiths3534

6 ай бұрын

If your parrot is a big one (like a macaw), he probably can take good care of himself. They can take people's fingers off. (Jan Griffiths).

Best way to stop a cat from killing native species without the bells and whistles of a collar that calls a bird alarm is to keep them inside in the first place. Outside of hunting, this video doesn't mention the diseases that cats can spread to other native felids. Keeping your cat indoors is safer for them, wild cats, and songbirds.

@marisapatch431

8 ай бұрын

Spot on!

@mischevious

8 ай бұрын

And keeping them inside is cruelty. Forces them into an unnatural life as our subjects and our toys. Like every other animal including humans they need sunshine, fresh grass and fresh air. And they need to be what they are not what we want them to be. I keep my girls claws trimmed dull, I supervise her outdoors and I warn the birds myself when they don’t already see her. And I let her hunt the rodents because they’re overpopulated too. And because that’s her job, to keep our home free of vermin and the diseases they carry.

@cyrilio

8 ай бұрын

@@mischeviousyou clean teach a cat walk on a leach. Going outside with your pet is healthy for both.

@apocalypse487

8 ай бұрын

​@@mischeviousdon't have pet cats then. Problem solved.

@Earthtail25

8 ай бұрын

​@@mischevious It's not cruelty to keep them indoors if you actually put effort into your cat care. You know what's cruel? Your cat getting eaten by a coyote or hit by a car, dying a horrible way away from their owners. Speaking from peer reviewed papers, cats are one of the less effective means of pest control and do more harm than they do helping whatever native animals you feel are overpopulated. You know what's better than a cat? An owl, snakes, foxes, hawks, falcons, racoons, and literally every other animal that depends on the population of rodents to survive - none of which are your cat. Stop projecting human concepts of freedom and cruelty onto animals when you're the one making the decision to release a non-native animal, a pet, into your local ecosystem. Keeping them inside isn't cruel if you're actually an active part of your cat's life and exercise it, do your god damn job. You watch her when she goes outside? Good, upgrade it to harness training. Keeping your cats and animals safe doesn't mean depriving them of the outdoors, but it's naïve to say they need it when there are many, many cat owners - one of which is me, who have happy and extraordinarily healthy cats who are stimulated by their lives indoors because I'm not a negligent owner. Grow up, do your damn job as a pet owner, and stop projecting your feelings onto an animal. Your cats are healthier inside and so is wildlife. There is no excuses and no data to back up the "cruelty" of keeping them inside; so get off your moral high ground and do something good for once in your life. That's such a selfish perspective. "My cat likes to feel her whiskers in the wind therefore I don't care about every single other animal who is affected by it, including other cats, because mine is a very special girl. Who cares about the economic impact, the spread of diseases, the mere presence of a cat scaring birds into not laying eggs, the amount of animals they kill, and the horrible ways she could die being outdoors!" I literally despise people like you, you're a horrible lazy cat owner who is complacent in your own poor care and ignorant of your impact.

It is my dream to be adopted by a cat.

@EngageYourFrontalLobe

8 ай бұрын

😂

the downside of the alarm on the cat is if it is being hunted (by another animal or harmful human(s)), that alarm on its collar is its death

Keep. Your cats. Indoors. If they want to go outside, take them out on a leash. We do it for dogs, we should be doing it for cats.

@VirginiaBronson

8 ай бұрын

It's not always that simple. For example, my mother adopted two 7 month old kittens from next door who had lived outdoors their whole life up until that point. She used 1/2" hardware cloth to screen in her porch after the cats shredded the regular screen, and within two weeks, they figured out how to get out with the steel hardware cloth, too. She tried for 2 years to keep them confined to the porch and inside the house without success. They're both 6 years old now and still go hunting every morning and evening. Additionally, that notion about dogs on a leash isn't right, either. I use a leash once per year with my dog when she gets her vaccinations. She's never leashed otherwise. I've never leashed any dog I've had while walking... so that concept is strange to me. Don't have a fence around the yard, either. They naturally stay in or near their yard and near their owner when walking.

@luged

8 ай бұрын

@VirginiaBronson If you can't contain the animals then you shouldn't have them. It's about danger to the ecosystem and danger to the animal, euthanasia is best (even if it's sad). The fact that you don't leash your dog means you don't care about their safety or the safety and health of the animals nearby. Sorry, but that's the truth.

@Earthtail25

8 ай бұрын

@@VirginiaBronson If she can't keep them inside, she shouldn't have a cat. Inability to solve that issue is a telltale sign that you don't have the proper environment for owning a cat. "Additionally", dogs should be kept on a leash and the fact that you don't keep your dog on a leash is breaking dog owner 101. I literally hate irresponsible dog owners that don't have the common decency to leash your dog and you should be shamed for it. You are not a special case, you are literally part of the problem, your opinion is not to be trusted.

@wiwersewindemer4437

8 ай бұрын

Really depends on where. In Europe, they're part of the ecosystem, and just taking them away would be a bad idea. They are, however, invasive species in other parts of the world, where tbh, you shouldn't be having them at all.

@Earthtail25

8 ай бұрын

@@wiwersewindemer4437 I don't know how to tell you this, they're not part of the ecosystem in Europe either. They are an invasive there and are very much responsible for the decline of native songbirds. In the UK more than half of the bird population is in extreme decline and in Scotland, their endangered Scottish Wildcat's genes are being diluted by interbreeding with domestic cats. This is making them less resistant to the cold and sometimes sterile. If you want to say they aren't invasive somewhere, you could say Africa since they are domesticated African Wildcats. It does not 'depend on where', they are NOT part of the European ecosystem, "liking them there" ≠ non-invasive. There is not an ecological role they fulfil that doesn't already exist, they are displacing native predators.

No matter what collar I put on my cat, he figures out how to get rid of it within a day

@douglasgriffiths3534

6 ай бұрын

Collars are dangerous for cats. They can get caught on something, and choke the cat, or break his neck. Breakaway collars are safe. Most cats though can use their back feet to flip the collar off. (Jan Griffiths).

Isn't it funny how many people don't understand that cats are not owned. They agree to cohabit. They do run the show.

@hkschubert9938

7 ай бұрын

Yup exactly !! My cat is the boss !!

Beyond an AI the alarm calls could go off at periodic intervals regardless of whether the cat is hunting

I firmly believe that cats should never be let outside (except when leashed or in a catio). I hope this research helps convince people to keep their cats indoors, though they don't seem to care about the safety of their own pet so it might too much to ask for

@IndigoBellyDance

8 ай бұрын

People care But we r Allowed to have different beliefs. I keep my cat indoors But I know cats that go outside have Very active brains. Their brains r wired to see things, it is Amazing.

@azmrl

8 ай бұрын

Or people who let their cats out don’t need to control the lives of other living beings.

@tinakaminskadickinson3328

8 ай бұрын

As a feral cat trapper, this statement is very ignorant. 80% of the cat population lives outdoors in colonies. First there’s more cats than homes for cats. Second, many cats do not have the personality to be an indoor cat. It’s quality of life vs quantity of life. If you were to NEVER leave your home but could live longer, or go outside and experience life and have a shorter life. Which would you choose? Chances are most people/ animals choose the latter.

@nyves104

8 ай бұрын

@@tinakaminskadickinson3328you did watch the video, right? bc cats are an invasive species and really should be treated as such. I have an indoor cat, she's healthy, happy, and has a lot of enrichment, including going outside on a leash, same as my dogs get! What she doesn't get is injured or sick the way that cats who are allowed outside unsupervised get. Not my fault you don't know how to provide safe enrichment for your cat. also tnr is only so helpful and doesn't protect native species from cat based extinction

@axe2grind244

7 ай бұрын

Well cats have to spend 5-6 months inside during winter anyways so why wouldn’t you let them do what they naturally do when it’s not winter. Cats are predators no matter how cute and fluffy they may be. There’s a reason even predominately indoor cats stare out the window all the time, cuz they inherently know it’s where they should be.

My neighbors have bird feeders in their yard. They were aghast when I suggested putting a bell on their cat's collar. That cat regularly catches songibrds, bats, mice, lizards.. who knows what else. Then, after leaving small carcasses and cat poop aroud the neighborhood, it comes home and eats kibbles. I take exception with the closing statement that "cats are evolutionary winners." I prefer to say that humans are wildlife destroyers and cats are just one of the ways they destroy.

@EngageYourFrontalLobe

8 ай бұрын

When we had cats, we trained the on an Invisible Fence system that we had installed to keep them in our yard. We also did NOT have bird feeders or bird baths, etc… while also having cats as family members (aka pets).

"I thank the good Lord for antihistamines." Preach. I love animals, and we have three cats (plus five very pretty peafowl and a plethora of other critters), but allergies. They are rough.

Yes 🙌 . I don’t own cats, either. I’m a caregiver of cats, their butler, waitstaff, cast member, and, 24/7 nanny 😂

At least they're not mauling children

Cats can go through a population of birds or mice, but equally a can can be the victim of any medium sized raptor in the suburbs or the country or a muskelid (weasel family) animal. My friend found her cat's remains and her other cats are indoor cats now.

@theotheseaeagle

2 ай бұрын

No mustelids kill cats. Domestic cats are natural predators of smaller mustelids like stoats and weasels, polecats, pine martens and badgers ignore them. Medium sized raptors (I assume your talking buzzard sized?) only take kittens, hence the reason cats are kept inside until they are adult. If a cat gets hit by an irresponsible driver they might be taken by birds of prey like white tailed eagles or kites just like all road kill.

Our cat just removed his collar when we put a bell on it to warn the birds (got the stretchy kind so he wouldn't be trapped by his own collar...).

@leonardoschmittalves5845

8 ай бұрын

Cats hate that thing, imagine a bell make noise to every fucking move he does.

@b_uppy

8 ай бұрын

@@leonardoschmittalves5845 Especially when they're a hunter as ours is, though I've seen cats that are fine with it.

@luged

8 ай бұрын

That's why they need to be kept indoors. We don't allow murdered to roam free, we don't allow other predators we've introduced to be areas roam free, we shouldn't let cats roam free.

@EngageYourFrontalLobe

8 ай бұрын

@@lugedWow, even convicted murderers get to spend time outside in a fenced prison yard!

@b_uppy

8 ай бұрын

@@luged It was there to catch rodents, you need that on a ranch.

Glad someone finally brought up this critical problem to the table. Wish we could stop bringing pain to other species, both cats and wildlife.

My cat is an outdoor cat, but he comes inside sometimes to hang out, but none of his stuff is indoors. He is really overweight, because he eats the food we give him, but then when he’s done he hunts getting double the food. He’s the sweetest cat I’ve ever met, and he has beautiful long fur.

I wish during the conversation about an AI alarm that you had asked about predators. Because during the interview with the one cat owner, you guys brought up the danger of larger predators like coyotes, but it doesn't seem like there was any consideration for how the AI alarm could endanger a cat. Maybe you did have that discussion and it just didn't make it into the video?

I once saw my cat bathing in the blood of his enemies...

Nice shout out to Purr Cup Cafe in Raleigh. Great quick stop for coffee also.

My college graduation paper was a literature compilation on all the threatened, endangered, and extinct species that had been put in that status at least in part by domestic cats. The numbers were honestly staggering and all of my cats have been strictly indoor cats since and I try to encourage other cat owners to keep their cats indoors as well (I’m a vet tech and pet sitter professionally). Only cats I encourage staying outdoor cats are barn cats that have been spayed or neutered because their job is to hunt to protect livestock. Pets should be pets that don’t impact other lives.

@douglasgriffiths3534

8 ай бұрын

I have a large cat run which keeps the native wildlife and my cats both safe. I do not believe cats should be able to roam at large. They are a predator, but also prey. (Jan Griffiths).

@Catlily5

8 ай бұрын

I let my cats outside on a leash.

These people seriously said cats were the the most invasive species and not looking in the mirror huh?

@josiechaney9010

8 ай бұрын

👍🎯

i dont like that they kill birds . birds are dying all the time. we need to do more for bird survival

@EngageYourFrontalLobe

8 ай бұрын

Agreed! One reason Y, but not the only reason, is b/c birds (spp) are pollinators too.

Is it really ethical to keep anything indoors forever? It’s not really fair to just say “keep your cat inside” when not every cat is the same. Cats are more wild then some pet owners realize, with proper conditions certain cats can do just fine outdoors and be relatively safe(there will always be some risk). I think they’re doing great work trying to come up with a solution for cats to coexists with ecosystems instead of either decimating them or being completely excluded from them.

A lot of people are saying keep your cats indoors, and in the city I agree. However in rural areas where some farmers use the assistance of cats to protect their crops/fields it's not possible. My cats have always been indoor cats, honestly for their safety as we have coyotes and foxs roaming around all the time, and of course cars to. The issue in places like Australia is the fault of humans, and it's not just letting their pets out, but abandoning cats that then can quickly multiply in the wild and of course will hunt. So even if the majority kept their pet cats indoors or on a leash we'd still see a large amount of deaths to prey populations. Most domesticated house cats, don't stray far from the house and are not as successful hunters as feral/street cats.

@Earthtail25

8 ай бұрын

It's acceptable if you ignore the diseases they spread like feline leukemia and the fact that the mere presence of them is enough to stress birds out of nesting. Cats aren't even a very effective form of pest control on farms. House cats are just as successful as feral cats, I don't know where you got that data from, but it is incorrect.

@laurendamos6651

8 ай бұрын

@@Earthtail25 I'll take the diseases cats bring over the ones rodents and birds bring. There is not a lot of study on cats in relation to hunting among domestic cats, but studies in Australia among the feral cat population, show a higher success rate in open fields with less or low vegetation. So an urban environment can be more challenging. There are certain breeds of cats that tend to be better hunters, and it's been documented that cats are good rodent deterrents. Cats can also be positive to certain ecosystems in dealing with invasive species or small animals that multiply quickly. For some reason people seem to think it's ok to just abandon cats, and if people do let their pet cats out it would be helpful if they are fixed to lessen the street population.

Please keep your cats indoors, guys. Our wildlife, especially the less common songbirds, cannot withstand so many careless cat owners :( I love cats. I've had them all my life. ❤ Just don't let them out unsupervised.

@LePedant

8 ай бұрын

It's cruel to keep force your cat to be inside all day. If you don't live in an area where cats can go outside w/o harming the natural environment, then you don't need to own a cat.

@luged

8 ай бұрын

​@@LePedantno one should own a cat then, because there is nowhere where they won't effect the wildlife. Let's euthanize all cats because some people don't understand what cruel means

@jpe1

8 ай бұрын

@@LePedantin other words, _no one_ should own a cat, since there are *no* places where a cat outdoors cannot harm local wildlife. Holding any kind of animal hostage in one’s home is cruel, pet ownership is cruelty to animals.

@LePedant

8 ай бұрын

@@jpe1 Predators eat other animals, that's how nature works. When a predator kills another animal, they are not "harming" the local wildlife. If you don't want a pet that kills other animals, and that needs to go outside, don't get a cat. That's like getting a pet snake, then being upset you have to feed it live mice.

@jpe1

8 ай бұрын

@@LePedant you are confused about *why* cats are harming local wildlife. The problem isn’t that cats are predators and predators eat prey, no one is arguing that; the problem is that cats don’t belong in any North or South American ecosystem, they are an invasive predator (like the Burmese Pythons in Florida are an invasive predator) and just as people leaving their pet pythons loose to wreck havoc in Florida is wrong, leaving cats loose to kill birds, small mammals, small reptiles, small fish etc etc, is wrong. The fact that some people think cats are cute or cuddly doesn’t change the harm they do, and they don’t belong in the wild in the Americas.

They'd end up figuring out a way to ditch the collars.

Ya I agree! They do slow down with age though, are great companions, enrich our lives. I'm presently cat-less cuz I don't feel like running out there to rescue a critter that I've put bird feed out for to have kitty snarl... Here in Quebec, I'm on the Island of Montreal, dogs were really running amok thanks to careless owners... Well some small off-island town has euthanized the wrong dangerous dogs a few times, I'm wondering how much of a mistaken identity that truly is.....

I'm a cat owner and a bird watcher, so these numbers are fascinating to me. It means that the outdoor cats that I and my house cat hate seeing in the yard- are probably coming from someone we know.

The introduced cats kill the invasive Norway mice on our small market farm.

@luged

8 ай бұрын

Along with other native species

@SolaceEasy

8 ай бұрын

​@@lugedYepper! Like over-abundant ground squirrels being fed by the farm... We are good habitat for the desert.

@luged

8 ай бұрын

@SolaceEasy and hares, and desert birds, etc. But, you know the story of the woman who ate a fly, it ends well right?

@SolaceEasy

7 ай бұрын

​@@lugedYour dietary and breeding choices will have a bigger impact on the planet than the cats on this small farm. AND: You are never allowed the pleasure of pets again in your life if you choose to be so high and mighty.

@luged

7 ай бұрын

@@SolaceEasy sure, compared to three small farm's cats my choices through life will have a bigger impact. Compared to all the cats that love in the farm throughout it's existence I will kill far fewer birds though. Also, is not about that one farm, it's about all the cats we have at pets and allow outside. I have no problem with pretty cats, I have a problem with bad cat owners who allow them outside to wreck havoc on the native wildlife. Maybe, you should do a tiny bit of critical thinking before responding with nonsense like you did. Just a tiny bit, look at what you're saying and think.

I wonder why the video or the researcher doesn't address the elephant in the room. The biggest reason why birds and small mammals die is humans. I always find it interesting that as humans we are admant to blame cats but forget we are the first reason why birds and small animals become vulnerable.

Having a guy who doesn’t like cats host, then a guy who studies bite sized animals.. that still lets his cats outside. Y’all.. where the cat ladies busy?

My Cat Likes Going indoor and Outdoors.

Crazy cat lady here. I have 3, 2 are strictly indoors and one is leash trained. Anyone have a recommendation for a harness he can’t wiggle out of? I have to really watch him when we’re out. I leash walk him because I’ve lost so many outdoor/indoor cats. I also try to be a good neighbor. I don’t like the three that constantly shit in my flowerbeds and spray all over my yard, so I follow the golden rule.

@kthearcher3357

8 ай бұрын

Better fitting harness. If ours are loose on the girls they can manage to back out in a panic. We're looking for a better harness too.

somebody really named their cat amber rose 😭

The bird alert would only be attached to pet cats. Stray and feral cats are free to hunt. I don't want to make my cats lame like that. But maybe that's just me.

My cat is so cool (as a deadly predator) I love that for them

@maophantulaotkasmil44

8 ай бұрын

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@luged

8 ай бұрын

You are part of the problem.

The self snitching collar is a hot take.

Here in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, with temperatures in Winter going down to -32 C, there is a wild cat in my local Garden Centre. I guarantee it's there to get away from coyotes. I am worried if it can survive?

Great energy in this video! Thanks

“I tawt I taw a puddy tat!” 😢

Not secret at all… we had many gifts left or brought in by ‘mama’ kitty while growing up in the 80’s - she was very proud of herself. Beautiful gray Burmese - she was perfect

I feel your pain sir. Antihistamines are great. 😂

My cat has no clue what she's supposed to do when "hunting." She's good at hiding and wiggling her butt, but she never makes a move.

If cats were as big as lions, they'd be more ferocious than lions and tigers combined.

My cats stay inside. Their are feral cats outside. They keep snakes and rats away. They don't bother me at all.

my cats dont hunt at all. I put a bowl of catfood on the porch, and all it does is attract a flock of 20+ pigeons.

Next time my cat sneaks out the house for the Kool Kat party at least I know she'll be within the next 100 meters I mean she was literally gone for 3 days and knocked on the door the last time exact same time 11pm and right thru thr front door lol

We have to keep our cat indoors during fledgling season in early summer. He is one cat, and we have a wonderfully abundant bird population, but he goes for the babies. He will also happily take down a parent defending a fledgling, too, which often means death for the whole brood. Not cool.

Keep your HOUSE cats inside, away from indigenous creatures.

Migrate the cat's to New York, after the floods ofcourse

My cat is THE Apex predator, as soon as he gets outside he starts hunting to kill any small animal he can get his paws on. I'm constantly trying to rescue a lizard, bird or squirrel from him

@halobaby0331

2 ай бұрын

Maybe stop letting him outside

Very interesting 🤩🤩🤩🤩

Extremely cat allergy club unite! (but seriously, my face would have swollen up twice its size if i got as close to a cat as you did

Is the tracking study still open? I live in a rural area with an abundance and variety of native wildlife. My one cat is indoor/outdoor. I would be really interested to see how his adventures compare to a suburban or urban cat. Our other two cats, much to their chagrin, are indoor only. Obviously all are neutered and vaccinated.

A research was conducted in the UK and the cats were not hunting. They were roaming and sometimes finished another cat's meal, either inside or outside the house. The cats covered some distances, not in straight line...

@twinsgardening896

8 ай бұрын

one study doesn't erase the thousands more and the fact that domestic cats have wiped over 60 species to extinction already.

New york city needs cats. rats kill birds, and cats hunt primarily rats.

in Australia, our wild cats are becoming bigger. weve found a 7kg damn cat

My cat allergy is severe but I wouldn't give up my cat for anything

I live in the arctic part of Europe, and I see cats roaming around as they wish. We have laws and regulations about cats as they are supposed to be kept indoors, or if they need fresh air they should be on a leash or in a cage-like inclosure. But owners do not always follow the rules despite the cats hunting small birds, eradicating whole families. That's why I have trained some of my sleddogs to hunt and k.i.l.l. cats. They are geniuses at that. A quick sprint - and one cat less on earth. 😎😁

You lost me at “I’m not a cat person”😒

Why did you guys give the cat story to the guy who is allergic? That seems unnecessary.

Cats will find a way.

I love cats, but this wasn't so fun anymore considering Shane's allergy to them. I also have some medical background, enough to know it's not wise to be exposed to anything that causes an allergic reaction like this. Can really cause health problems. Nice report - hope Shane turned out to be ok.

Just provide the cat with a collar & a bell...