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Murderous cows and sheep slaughtering the insects on the grass they chew to death isn't quite the same degree of carnage as Rambo the cat though, are they?


Cows are actually omnivores.

It’s not just insect collateral damage: cows will chase and eat small birds, eat eggs of ground-laying birds, and will eat mice and rats in their feed if they happen on one that is immobile. It’s not particularly unusual.

(Deer also do this)


> You realise ...

Yes. I grew up on a cattle station, practiced exploration geophysics globally for a few decades, now live in a rural area with land, grain, and livestock.

You realise the question was, is comparing the accidental occasional deaths of animals in feed by cows or sheep comparable to the deliberate hunting and killing of cats?


Sorry about the “You realise”.

I decided to edit that out in the time while you were replying. Gone 3AM here and that tone was unreasonably grumpy; sorry again.


That's pretty speciesist.


I apologise for suggesting that sheep and cows are murderous.

As for the carnage of cats: https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/felixer,-the-grooming-trap,-...

I'll take the bilbies and birds over introduced ferals every time.


"The automated device sprays a measured dose of poison onto the fur of cats when they pass within 4m, which the cats then ingest when they lick themselves during grooming"

Does this hurt the cat?


It explicitly is intended to cause death, so yes, it does hurt them. Probably quite a lot.




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