talesfromtreatment:novaeagle:agro-carnist:talking to outdoor cat defenders like Cats are wild animal
talesfromtreatment:novaeagle:agro-carnist:talking to outdoor cat defenders like Cats are wild animals just like dogs. Cats are also PRIDE animals, meaning they survive much longer with more of them around. I’ve had one outdoor cat die by dogs and it was the last time we only had one cat. We always adopt two or three, and have witnessed MULTIPLE cases of them defending each other from foxes, coyotes, and even the neighbors dog when it broke free. Don’t leave one cat out on it’s own, adopt a brother or sister for it so they can survive. Cats and dogs are DOMESTICATED animals. They are not wild. The domestic cat is indeed one of the more social small felines, but they absolutely do NOT form ‘prides’. They can form colonies, in which the members are quite independent from each other AND will have unrelated females AND multiple intact males. Colony formation depends on resource availability. In low resource areas, colonies will NOT form and cats will fight any other cat. And despite having been inseparable ‘best friends’ with Boyfriend, Bob-Bob did NOT go to his rescue when they were both chased by a dog that the owner let off-leash at my shelter. Boyfriend ended up needing to be euthanised from the wounds he received. -- source link