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Originally Posted by aland  how selfish you are being by expecting owners of a animal that as been born with a inbuilt instinct to hunt to be able to control them when they are away from home |
aland, please refer back and read my first post, its on page 3 of this thread.
In that thread I specifically point out that the very thing you say is impossible to expect people to do with their pet cats, we expect dog owners to do. You say you are yourself a dog owner, I will be certain that you walk it on a lead, you stop it chasing cattle and sheep and I imagine you don't put it out to roam by iteslf. These would all be very 'instinctive' behaviours for a dog to do, just the same as they are for your cat, why is it acceptable for your cat to do them but not your dog?
Lancashire Lad also makes a lot of sense in his post above and points out that this isn't an attack on people who like cats or cats themselves.
Also, you keep refrring to natural predators like birds of prey and magpies in this discussion about pet cats, again I would refer you to my post on page 3.
Read it and think about it, don't take it as a personal attack on cat owners or you specifically. There is never any shame in at least being prepared to see the other side of a discussion.