Absurd Anti-Cat Propoganda
Look, I’m fine with the fact that some people just aren’t cat people. I am a cat person. Do I live with a cat? No, I live with a dog. And I love my dog very much, as well as her displaced brother. But that doesn’t mean I’m not a cat person.
I’m not sure if I ever will keep a cat, because it’s difficult to keep both a cat and a dog while keeping the dog happy, and I can’t imagine living without a dog any more. But that doesn’t mean I’m not a cat person.
Part of the reason I love my dog so much is her unabashed carnivorism, especially compared to some of her contemporaries whose genes have been warped to the point they probably couldn’t catch a single other animal - I’m not even sure some dog breeds (pugs?) are even aware that they’re supposed to have a hunting instinct; that they’re still almost entirely wolf. And this love for my dog explains why I’m a cat person.
Most cats look almost the same. There are a few distinct breeds but the majority of them still retain their original instincts and abilities. A big part of this is the fact that few people breeds their cats purposefully; rather, their indoor/outdoor cat interbreeds with a nearby feral cat colony in a way that continually replenishes households with little mutt kittens. In this way, their original nature remains.
But then people conduct absurd studies demonizing my beloved cats for the very reason I love them! Oh, they kill billions of creatures each year in the U.S.? Yeah, I know, exactly, they’re fucking bad-ass. They don’t just look like miniature lions, they fucking are. They are responsible for the extinction of 33 species? First of all, cats, slow your roll, this ain’t a contest and if it was humans could win. Second of all, that’s a respectable number for 15-pound felines.
(Also, seriously people, please don’t declaw your cats. Also, if you want them to lead long, healthy lives, they should probably live indoors only. Even if you don’t live close to a road, there’s always hawks and coyotes waiting to eat cats. Make sure you weigh those factors when deciding to let them roam - I’m not completely against it, but it’s usually most appropriate for farms where they’ll just shuttle themselves between the barn and the house.)