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New virus that causes ‘staggering disease’ discovered in US - and it can kill pet cats and those in the wild
(www.independent.co.uk)
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Even more unpopular opinion.
Sprawling suburbs are much more damaging to the ecosystem than cats.
Agreed. If you have a human, don't let them build suburbs unless you hate ecosystems.
However, humans do observably seem to hate (or at least thoroughly ignore the needs of )ecosystems enough to ruin them, so I'm not sure enough people will listen.
...that's a way more popular opinion lol
Only on left leaning places like lemmy
No. It is not more unpopular than disliking cats. Cats are a nonpartisan issue. For now.
It's not an either/or thing. Outdoor cats are causing an ecological disaster when it comes to birds. The big solution is to spay and neuter as many as possible, especially pets. Even indoor ones can escape.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_predation_on_wildlife
The added benefit is that when there are few enough cats that there are loving homes for most of them, then the percentage of kitties with humans to take care of them increases drastically.