Comment by nine_k
3 years ago
House cats kill an order of magnitude more birds and bats than windmills. Practically no one calls domestic cats ugly, or suggests to ban them.
Access roads required for wind generator maintenance are neither large nor busy: there's no fuel to bring, and no ash to take away.
I hope people don't let their cat go to outside. problems are problems.
Cats belong outside where possible. And birds have predators, it's just nature.
Birds have predators, but most predators don't have humans to shelter them at night, feed them when food is scarce so they are always well fed when they hunt, and take them to the vet to protect them from disease, parasites, and heal their injuries. And human development has pushed out most of the predators that would keep cat populations in check (like coyotes)
Indoor cats live longer and have fewer health issues. Sorry kitty, I like the idea of native wildlife existing and less vet bills more than your freedom.
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yes but we killed off or drove off many of those predators.