A Third of North America’s Birds Have Vanished

Re:A Third of North America’s Birds Have Vanished by NoMoreNicksLeft on Sunday July 16, 2023 @01:37AM (#36744012)

I find it hilarious, that no one mentions the real solution. Of course, once it's spoken it's obvious why it can't even be spoken aloud...

5. Exterminate all stray/unlicensed cats, exterminate all indoor cats if caught outside and fine the registered owners $50,000.

If I posted this on reddit, I'd have maniacs stalking me and issuing death threats. Maybe here it'll only be hatemail.

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Re:A Third of North America’s Birds Have Vanished by 1over137 on Sunday July 16, 2023 @02:54AM (#36744305)

But cats are so cute! We can enslave and torture chickens, cows, and pigs, but how dare you threaten kitties!

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Re:A Third of North America’s Birds Have Vanished by akomtu on Sunday July 16, 2023 @03:28AM (#36744472)

It's not a solution, it's cheap bluff. Try to voice this idea on an HOA meeting and tell Ms. Smith that you noticed her kitty outside and that next time you'd "exterminate" it. If you can't do that, how are you going to convince people to vote for such a law?

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Re:A Third of North America’s Birds Have Vanished by NoMoreNicksLeft on Sunday July 16, 2023 @03:48AM (#36744572)

Solutions are still solutions even if you're unwilling to implement them.

I just said "keep tight control of your songbird-murdering organic robots"... and you replied with "it's a bluff, you can't convince people to do that!"

Filing this under no-shit-sherlock.

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Re:A Third of North America’s Birds Have Vanished by nebula8804 on Sunday July 16, 2023 @08:08AM (#36746077)

They are actually trying to do this in australia: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/magazine/australia-cat-ki...

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