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    Being Alone, Friends, and Frozone: honestly tho that scene in the incredibles where mr. incredible
 sees the names of all the old super heroes that used to be his
 friends /that he knew from Back in the Day and how every
 one of them has been killed by syndrome is such a chilling
 scene for so many reasons
 like for one, everyone he knew is dead at this point and has
 been killed on the same island he's at now and two, its
 heartbreaking be that means that almost every hero wanted to
 try out being a hero again despite the laws against it and
 wanted to try and help someone out and relive their glory
 days, only to be straight up murdered like fuck that scene is
 just so fuckin intense
 allthesebees
 Klds, could you lighten upa litt
 Let
 speak
 I think the core of that scene for me is, when you're insane
 like me and you go through it frame by främe, you can work
 out that Gazerbeam defeated the omnidroid twice the only
 super we have enough information to confirm did so. I always
 wondered about his body in the cave, how and why he got the
 password... But it makes sense. This thing goes haywire,
 and goes haywire again? He must have
 been hella suspicious! So he does what any good superhero
 would do tries to get to the bottom of what's really
 happening on Nomanisan Island. During the process he's
 clearly caught and wounded but has just enough time to get
 himself somewhere he can leave a final message, just
 praying that the next super to come along will find it and break
 the cycle. Gazerbeam is my hero.
 doom-exe
 Incredibles 2 has a lot to live up to
 All of this and..
 I'm just realizing that the name is No Man Is An Island????
 As in, everyone needs someone to depend on and connect
 with, no one is ever completely alone or should act all on their
 own
 Also Gazerbeam probably has X-ray vision-so he not only
 survived long enough to defeat the Omnidroid, he had the
 ability to see Syndrome entering the password.
 animagix101
 Holy guacamole! I should pay more attention, I don't think
 got any of that stuff!
 does anyone think about the fact that now mr. incredibles has
 to live wi the fact that all his friends getting killed by syndrome
 could have been avoided if he had just been nicer to
 syndrome from the beginning
 breefolk-hates-staff
 I was thinking that from the beginning reading this and was
 shocked it went through so many comments before anyone
 pointed that out.
 Syndrome waited until his machine was almost ready to go
 before asking Bob to come to Nomanisan. He also was
 surprised to find out that he was married to "Elastigirl, which
 means he likely built his list and went through everyone else
 before finally deciding it was time to kill Bob.
 Also, Syndrome literally didn't find Bob until the start of the
 movie. He found Frozone and was stalking him. If Lucius
 hadn't hung out with Bob, then Frozone was going to be the
 next one lured. There's literally a scene of Mirage realizing
 that the guy in the car with her target is Mr. Incredible. He
 wasn't going through the list, he was stalking and finding
 every former Super he could, luring them to the island, and
 then killing them, for the sake of improving his robot. Finding
 Bob was just a happy accident, and Syndromes obsession
 with him meant that upon finding a bot that could beat Bob, he
 figured he'd hit perfection and was ready.
 and like, let's be real here in the intro Buddy was crossing the
 line the second he showed up, Mr. Incredible mentioned he'd
 been very nice to Buddy, via signing a ridiculous amount of
 autographs and doing pictures and stuff, and that he was not
 going to risk a childs life as a sidekick (albeit in less words).
 Buddy literally showed up by breaking into his car, and then
 stalked him all evening until he was arrested. That's
 disturbingly obsessive behavior, there's no amount of
 niceness that would stop Syndrome, it was an impossible
 situation. No amount of nice was going to appease
 Syndrome, the second he faced any sort of rejection from Mr
 Incredible he was going to lose it and go supervillain. After his
 arrest he should have gotten put into therapy, but yknow, set
 in like. the 50's. so it makes sense he fell through the cracks
 when the cracks were a goddamn canyon. Don't victim blame
 Mr. Incredible.
 Source: silwerhawk
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                Being Alone, Friends, and Frozone: honestly tho that scene in the incredibles where mr. incredible
 sees the names of all the old super heroes that used to be his
 friends /that he knew from Back in the Day and how every
 one of them has been killed by syndrome is such a chilling
 scene for so many reasons
 like for one, everyone he knew is dead at this point and has
 been killed on the same island he's at now and two, its
 heartbreaking be that means that almost every hero wanted to
 try out being a hero again despite the laws against it and
 wanted to try and help someone out and relive their glory
 days, only to be straight up murdered like fuck that scene is
 just so fuckin intense
 allthesebees
 Klds, could you lighten upa litt
 Let
 speak
 I think the core of that scene for me is, when you're insane
 like me and you go through it frame by främe, you can work
 out that Gazerbeam defeated the omnidroid twice the only
 super we have enough information to confirm did so. I always
 wondered about his body in the cave, how and why he got the
 password... But it makes sense. This thing goes haywire,
 and goes haywire again? He must have
 been hella suspicious! So he does what any good superhero
 would do tries to get to the bottom of what's really
 happening on Nomanisan Island. During the process he's
 clearly caught and wounded but has just enough time to get
 himself somewhere he can leave a final message, just
 praying that the next super to come along will find it and break
 the cycle. Gazerbeam is my hero.
 doom-exe
 Incredibles 2 has a lot to live up to
 All of this and..
 I'm just realizing that the name is No Man Is An Island????
 As in, everyone needs someone to depend on and connect
 with, no one is ever completely alone or should act all on their
 own
 Also Gazerbeam probably has X-ray vision-so he not only
 survived long enough to defeat the Omnidroid, he had the
 ability to see Syndrome entering the password.
 animagix101
 Holy guacamole! I should pay more attention, I don't think
 got any of that stuff!
 does anyone think about the fact that now mr. incredibles has
 to live wi the fact that all his friends getting killed by syndrome
 could have been avoided if he had just been nicer to
 syndrome from the beginning
 breefolk-hates-staff
 I was thinking that from the beginning reading this and was
 shocked it went through so many comments before anyone
 pointed that out.
 Syndrome waited until his machine was almost ready to go
 before asking Bob to come to Nomanisan. He also was
 surprised to find out that he was married to "Elastigirl, which
 means he likely built his list and went through everyone else
 before finally deciding it was time to kill Bob.
 Also, Syndrome literally didn't find Bob until the start of the
 movie. He found Frozone and was stalking him. If Lucius
 hadn't hung out with Bob, then Frozone was going to be the
 next one lured. There's literally a scene of Mirage realizing
 that the guy in the car with her target is Mr. Incredible. He
 wasn't going through the list, he was stalking and finding
 every former Super he could, luring them to the island, and
 then killing them, for the sake of improving his robot. Finding
 Bob was just a happy accident, and Syndromes obsession
 with him meant that upon finding a bot that could beat Bob, he
 figured he'd hit perfection and was ready.
 and like, let's be real here in the intro Buddy was crossing the
 line the second he showed up, Mr. Incredible mentioned he'd
 been very nice to Buddy, via signing a ridiculous amount of
 autographs and doing pictures and stuff, and that he was not
 going to risk a childs life as a sidekick (albeit in less words).
 Buddy literally showed up by breaking into his car, and then
 stalked him all evening until he was arrested. That's
 disturbingly obsessive behavior, there's no amount of
 niceness that would stop Syndrome, it was an impossible
 situation. No amount of nice was going to appease
 Syndrome, the second he faced any sort of rejection from Mr
 Incredible he was going to lose it and go supervillain. After his
 arrest he should have gotten put into therapy, but yknow, set
 in like. the 50's. so it makes sense he fell through the cracks
 when the cracks were a goddamn canyon. Don't victim blame
 Mr. Incredible.
 Source: silwerhawk
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    God, Stalking, and Star Trek: They EAT. They TALK.
 AND THEY FUCK
 It's a human, and if you're
 not scared, you should be.
 Humans seem friendly. What you
 might not know is just how "friendly"
 a human can be.
 Many galactic citizens have
 discovered, only too late, the
 relentless drive of the human...
 who will gladly mate with YOU.

 "This is overstated. I've interacted with several humans
 who have not attempted to mate with me."
 Be mindful! A human is a stalking predator, and may
 wait weeks, even months, for an opportunity
 .11 would not be attractive to a human and have
 nothing to fear."
 Humans have highly variable preferences and strategies.
 However, do recall that by the time humans experienced
 First Contact, they had already spent centuries producing
 entire libraries of speculative research about how they would
 someday attempt to mate with someone just like you.
 "I possess a simple cloaca and am incompatible with
 a human and their sexual practices."
 Humans are adaptable. There are proven instances of
 humans attempting mating behaviors on features far
 more novel than a mere cloaca or book lung. Humans
 have been known to engage in attempted intercourse with
 flaps, orificies, depressions, ridges, digits, chelicerae,
 and masses of all kinds.
 A human, bereft of a partner, may attempt to mate with a
 range of vessels, extensions, surfaces--or its own hands.
 "I have heard mating with a human can be pleasurable.
 What's the harm?"
 Humans form strong attachments and are insatiable.
 Galactic citizens who have partnered with a human have
 routinely died of dessication, puncture, and lethal chafing!
ouyangdan:

kaelio:

kaelio:
Someone requested a doodle of “some of the Dominion’s anti-human propaganda” but tbh this is too real outside of star trek. this is probably plastered over the entire Citadel in Mass Effect
i still get notifications for this. i get notifications for this every god damned day.

I wasn’t going to reblog this until the last comment.

    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                God, Stalking, and Star Trek: They EAT. They TALK.
 AND THEY FUCK
 It's a human, and if you're
 not scared, you should be.
 Humans seem friendly. What you
 might not know is just how "friendly"
 a human can be.
 Many galactic citizens have
 discovered, only too late, the
 relentless drive of the human...
 who will gladly mate with YOU.

 "This is overstated. I've interacted with several humans
 who have not attempted to mate with me."
 Be mindful! A human is a stalking predator, and may
 wait weeks, even months, for an opportunity
 .11 would not be attractive to a human and have
 nothing to fear."
 Humans have highly variable preferences and strategies.
 However, do recall that by the time humans experienced
 First Contact, they had already spent centuries producing
 entire libraries of speculative research about how they would
 someday attempt to mate with someone just like you.
 "I possess a simple cloaca and am incompatible with
 a human and their sexual practices."
 Humans are adaptable. There are proven instances of
 humans attempting mating behaviors on features far
 more novel than a mere cloaca or book lung. Humans
 have been known to engage in attempted intercourse with
 flaps, orificies, depressions, ridges, digits, chelicerae,
 and masses of all kinds.
 A human, bereft of a partner, may attempt to mate with a
 range of vessels, extensions, surfaces--or its own hands.
 "I have heard mating with a human can be pleasurable.
 What's the harm?"
 Humans form strong attachments and are insatiable.
 Galactic citizens who have partnered with a human have
 routinely died of dessication, puncture, and lethal chafing!
ouyangdan:

kaelio:

kaelio:
Someone requested a doodle of “some of the Dominion’s anti-human propaganda” but tbh this is too real outside of star trek. this is probably plastered over the entire Citadel in Mass Effect
i still get notifications for this. i get notifications for this every god damned day.

I wasn’t going to reblog this until the last comment.

                
            

            
            
ouyangdan:

kaelio:

kaelio:
Someone requested a doodle of “some of the Dominion’s anti-human propaganda” but tbh this is too real outside o...

            
            
        

    



        

            
        
        

            




    Advice, Dad, and Family: At Taco Bell. A man walks in, describes
 another employee, says she's his
 niece, and asks when she'll be there.
 The cashier helpfully tells him "She's in
 86/18, 7:46 PM
 35.7K Retweets 82.1Kkes
 Always be vague. Say I think they're in
 today or not until later. If they press say
 it's company policy not to give out the
 schedule. Most companies do have this
 and even if they don't how would a
 stranger know. Don't give out specifics,
 they can get people injured or even
 killed.
 At my last job someone came up and
 asked when "Sarah" was working next. I
 didn't tell him and then texted her a
 description, turns out he was an
 abusive ex who had been stalking her
 Don't do this shit please
 Do NOT say anything along the lines of
 "they're not in today" or "not until later
 because you are confirming that this is
 e the person in question can
 be found. NEVER confirm anything!
 r-baby
 My old boss told us a story of how,
 years before when she was a fairly new
 manager ('m talking decades, she's 64
 right now), there was a man who came
 in and asked for an employee by name
 and said he was her uncle. She told him
 the employee's shift started in a coule
 hours. He waited the entire time for her
 and when she came in, he assaulted her
 and bashed her face into the counter
 My boss saw everything. She can't
 recall what he said, but he kept
 to
 call the police
 She told me that story after a man
 came in and asked for when an
 employee, who recently quit, would be
 coming in. I told him she doesn't work
 here anymore and he said to me "Okay
 well I'm her dad so if you see her tell
 her I'll be across the street at the gas
 station. He left and my boss
 IMMEDIATELY came out and scolded
 me for it, then told me that story.
 She gave me some advice on what to
 say or do in that situation:
 .Don't just deny knowing anything,
 deny the person asking. Example
 can't know that information." or
 Can you tell me when 's shift
 are only for
 employees." Additionally, saying
 "I don't know what you're talking
 t." can usually work, it may
 piss them off but it can work.
 on with the customer
 service. "I can't help you with
 that, do you need help (with
 ordering)?" or "Can take your
 order?/Can I help you find (a
 2
 If they persist, insist they leave
 the store. "If you're not going to
 order, please leave the
 or "I can't help you, have a nice
 day." and, if you can, leave. If you
 can't leave, call for or help the
 .
 If they still persist (by now they
 .
 call the police on the basis of
 refusing to leave the premises
 Some people will leave at that
 point, others stay. When the
 police get there, explain the
 situation but still do NOT confirm
 the existence of the employee
 they're looking for to the police
 until they have been escorted out
 of the area.
 Regardless of if the customer know the
 or
 schedule, even if they look
 like the same race and claim to be
 family, you NEVER confirm the
 The only exceptions are if the employee
 tells you themself they're expecting
 someone to come in for them (ASK FOR
 A DESCRIPTION OF THE PERSON), and
 if you personally know who they are in
 relation to the employee. When anyone
 I know has to come in because l asked
 them to come in, I describe what they
 look like and what they usually wear. I
 go into deep descriptions, even
 including how they walk.
 You could literally save a life, guys.
 Don't blindly trust your gut either and
 think "But they LOOK innocent" or "But
 they said
 result in someone getting severely hurt,
 "because that can
 ilipinawitch
 I know I joked on this post before but
 seriously
 If youre in the US it is against
 federal law to give out anyones
 IS
 includes numb
 schedules) without writen and
 ers, na
 Just say its against federal law and you
 cant give out that info without risk of
 termination-this will get 99% off your
 back the first time
 Tailor
 Automatic Screenshot Stitching
Keep your fellow coworkers safe please
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                Advice, Dad, and Family: At Taco Bell. A man walks in, describes
 another employee, says she's his
 niece, and asks when she'll be there.
 The cashier helpfully tells him "She's in
 86/18, 7:46 PM
 35.7K Retweets 82.1Kkes
 Always be vague. Say I think they're in
 today or not until later. If they press say
 it's company policy not to give out the
 schedule. Most companies do have this
 and even if they don't how would a
 stranger know. Don't give out specifics,
 they can get people injured or even
 killed.
 At my last job someone came up and
 asked when "Sarah" was working next. I
 didn't tell him and then texted her a
 description, turns out he was an
 abusive ex who had been stalking her
 Don't do this shit please
 Do NOT say anything along the lines of
 "they're not in today" or "not until later
 because you are confirming that this is
 e the person in question can
 be found. NEVER confirm anything!
 r-baby
 My old boss told us a story of how,
 years before when she was a fairly new
 manager ('m talking decades, she's 64
 right now), there was a man who came
 in and asked for an employee by name
 and said he was her uncle. She told him
 the employee's shift started in a coule
 hours. He waited the entire time for her
 and when she came in, he assaulted her
 and bashed her face into the counter
 My boss saw everything. She can't
 recall what he said, but he kept
 to
 call the police
 She told me that story after a man
 came in and asked for when an
 employee, who recently quit, would be
 coming in. I told him she doesn't work
 here anymore and he said to me "Okay
 well I'm her dad so if you see her tell
 her I'll be across the street at the gas
 station. He left and my boss
 IMMEDIATELY came out and scolded
 me for it, then told me that story.
 She gave me some advice on what to
 say or do in that situation:
 .Don't just deny knowing anything,
 deny the person asking. Example
 can't know that information." or
 Can you tell me when 's shift
 are only for
 employees." Additionally, saying
 "I don't know what you're talking
 t." can usually work, it may
 piss them off but it can work.
 on with the customer
 service. "I can't help you with
 that, do you need help (with
 ordering)?" or "Can take your
 order?/Can I help you find (a
 2
 If they persist, insist they leave
 the store. "If you're not going to
 order, please leave the
 or "I can't help you, have a nice
 day." and, if you can, leave. If you
 can't leave, call for or help the
 .
 If they still persist (by now they
 .
 call the police on the basis of
 refusing to leave the premises
 Some people will leave at that
 point, others stay. When the
 police get there, explain the
 situation but still do NOT confirm
 the existence of the employee
 they're looking for to the police
 until they have been escorted out
 of the area.
 Regardless of if the customer know the
 or
 schedule, even if they look
 like the same race and claim to be
 family, you NEVER confirm the
 The only exceptions are if the employee
 tells you themself they're expecting
 someone to come in for them (ASK FOR
 A DESCRIPTION OF THE PERSON), and
 if you personally know who they are in
 relation to the employee. When anyone
 I know has to come in because l asked
 them to come in, I describe what they
 look like and what they usually wear. I
 go into deep descriptions, even
 including how they walk.
 You could literally save a life, guys.
 Don't blindly trust your gut either and
 think "But they LOOK innocent" or "But
 they said
 result in someone getting severely hurt,
 "because that can
 ilipinawitch
 I know I joked on this post before but
 seriously
 If youre in the US it is against
 federal law to give out anyones
 IS
 includes numb
 schedules) without writen and
 ers, na
 Just say its against federal law and you
 cant give out that info without risk of
 termination-this will get 99% off your
 back the first time
 Tailor
 Automatic Screenshot Stitching
Keep your fellow coworkers safe please
                
            

            
            
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    Abc, Being Alone, and America: . Outdoor cats face danger
 from cars, disease, predators
 and cruel humans
 Domestic cats DO NOT
 belong outdoors as they're
 not a natural part of our
 ecosystem. They're a
 genetically modified species
 & a non-native, invasive
 predator
 Cats kill up to 3.7 billion birds
 20.7 billion mammals,
 800 million lizards and 300
 million frogs every year.
 . Domestic pets like dogs
 & ferrets & even exotic pets
 like snakes & lizards do not
 roam free & hunt outside.
 Why should cats?
 A 2011 study indicates
 that cats have caused the
 extinction of 33 species of
 birds, mammals and reptiles
kaijutegu:

fantasticbeastsandhowtokeepthem:

wildlife-rehabilitator:

hotcommunist:

withgoldenfire:

hotcommunist:

findchaos:

wildlife-rehabilitator:

Some of you may have seen my reply to a post and the ask I received about outdoor cats, so here is a little infographic about outdoor cats.

Don’t let your cats outside.Don’t let your cats outside.Don’t let your cast outside.
No exceptions. Nope, I don’t care if Muffles is super-special and adventurous. Nope, still don’t care that it’s different where you live. Please refer to the original bullet points. 
(*gets ready to hit ‘Block’ on a thousand angry cat owners*)

this is a mess

have you gobshites genuinely never fucking heard of farm cats jesus wept, if i never see another fucking townie animal rights activist it’ll be too fucking soon.

the current political system we live under doesn’t give a fuck about nature. wildlife charities have had a huge downward swoop in donations due to the recession caused by the powers that be, fracking is being done on national parks and nature reserves, roads are hastily built through wildlife rich areas and adequate warning signage is not provided…
but no, it’s us ordinary people and our pesky outdoor cats that are the cause of…extinct….species…? really? is this the hill u want to die on OP??? get back 2 me


I’m not refuting that humans kill far more animals than cats do, but over a billion animals are killed annually in the US by outdoor cats. That’s also a huge problem. I’m also aware that wildlife rescue organizations are losing donations - I’m the vice president and co-founder of a 501©(3) non-profit organization and not only do we scrape by on small donations while dozens of animals come in a month, many of which are injured by cats. We just had to euthanize a yearling squirrel because it was mauled by a cat and had full hind-end paralysis from the attack. Believe me, I understand.
“An estimated 60 to 88 million cats are owned in the US and an estimated 60 million more are feral… While loss of habitat is the primary cause of extinction, cats are responsible for the extinction of 33 species of birds worldwide. Cats kill an estimated 480 million birds per year (assuming eight birds killed per feral cat per year.)” That is a grossly conservative number, and only accounts for feral cats, not outdoor pets. And that’s just birds. Plus the other wildlife that are killed by cats annually.
Here’s another resource, a smaller scale research program called Kitty Cams: “Hunting cats captured an average of 2 items during seven days of roaming. Carolina anoles (small lizards) were the most common prey species followed by Woodland Voles (small mammals). Only one of the vertebrates captured was a non-native species (a House Mouse).” From the same group: “44% of cats were
witnessed stalking or
chasing prey; 30% captured
wildlife.”


An article from Mental Floss, sources listed at the bottom of the article: 


“84 million House cats in the United States
4 to 18 Birds killed by a typical house cat every year
8 to 21 Small mammals killed by a typical house cat every year
30 million to 80 million Free-roaming, feral cats estimated to be living in the United States. They either survive alone or live in colonies. In Washington, D.C., for example, there are estimated to be some 300 outdoor cat colonies.
23 to 46 Birds killed by each feral cat every year
129 to 338 Small mammals killed by each feral cat every year
1.4 billion to 3.7 billion Total birds killed by America’s cats every year
15 Percentage of all bird deaths estimated to come at the hands — er, paws — of cats
6.9 billion to 20.7 billion Total small mammals killed by cats every year”
From a report on ABC News: “Cats are responsible for the deaths of 1.4 to 3.7 billion birds and 6.9 to 20.7 billion mammals every year, according to research conducted by the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.”


From the American Bird Conservancy: “If we extrapolate the results of this study across the country and include feral cats, we find that cats are likely killing more than 4 billion animals per year, including at least 500 million birds.” 



(Also you’re putting your cat in unnecessary danger from tons of different threats by letting them outside unsupervised. So even if you don’t wanna give a shit about wildlife, maybe try giving a shit about your cat’s health  life.)
(Also farm cats are often not treated well, not provided with proper veterinary care, and there are other options for rodent control that doesn’t put other wildlife in as much danger)

also consider: this is 100% something that you, as an individual, can do to mitigate some of the natural disaster that is the anthropocene. We’re on track to lose something like 80% of global biodiversity by the end of the century, and there’s almost nothing that your average citizen can do about it. But keeping your cats inside to help preserve local biodiversity and mitigating the damage that ferals do is actually something that you can do. 

    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                Abc, Being Alone, and America: . Outdoor cats face danger
 from cars, disease, predators
 and cruel humans
 Domestic cats DO NOT
 belong outdoors as they're
 not a natural part of our
 ecosystem. They're a
 genetically modified species
 & a non-native, invasive
 predator
 Cats kill up to 3.7 billion birds
 20.7 billion mammals,
 800 million lizards and 300
 million frogs every year.
 . Domestic pets like dogs
 & ferrets & even exotic pets
 like snakes & lizards do not
 roam free & hunt outside.
 Why should cats?
 A 2011 study indicates
 that cats have caused the
 extinction of 33 species of
 birds, mammals and reptiles
kaijutegu:

fantasticbeastsandhowtokeepthem:

wildlife-rehabilitator:

hotcommunist:

withgoldenfire:

hotcommunist:

findchaos:

wildlife-rehabilitator:

Some of you may have seen my reply to a post and the ask I received about outdoor cats, so here is a little infographic about outdoor cats.

Don’t let your cats outside.Don’t let your cats outside.Don’t let your cast outside.
No exceptions. Nope, I don’t care if Muffles is super-special and adventurous. Nope, still don’t care that it’s different where you live. Please refer to the original bullet points. 
(*gets ready to hit ‘Block’ on a thousand angry cat owners*)

this is a mess

have you gobshites genuinely never fucking heard of farm cats jesus wept, if i never see another fucking townie animal rights activist it’ll be too fucking soon.

the current political system we live under doesn’t give a fuck about nature. wildlife charities have had a huge downward swoop in donations due to the recession caused by the powers that be, fracking is being done on national parks and nature reserves, roads are hastily built through wildlife rich areas and adequate warning signage is not provided…
but no, it’s us ordinary people and our pesky outdoor cats that are the cause of…extinct….species…? really? is this the hill u want to die on OP??? get back 2 me


I’m not refuting that humans kill far more animals than cats do, but over a billion animals are killed annually in the US by outdoor cats. That’s also a huge problem. I’m also aware that wildlife rescue organizations are losing donations - I’m the vice president and co-founder of a 501©(3) non-profit organization and not only do we scrape by on small donations while dozens of animals come in a month, many of which are injured by cats. We just had to euthanize a yearling squirrel because it was mauled by a cat and had full hind-end paralysis from the attack. Believe me, I understand.
“An estimated 60 to 88 million cats are owned in the US and an estimated 60 million more are feral… While loss of habitat is the primary cause of extinction, cats are responsible for the extinction of 33 species of birds worldwide. Cats kill an estimated 480 million birds per year (assuming eight birds killed per feral cat per year.)” That is a grossly conservative number, and only accounts for feral cats, not outdoor pets. And that’s just birds. Plus the other wildlife that are killed by cats annually.
Here’s another resource, a smaller scale research program called Kitty Cams: “Hunting cats captured an average of 2 items during seven days of roaming. Carolina anoles (small lizards) were the most common prey species followed by Woodland Voles (small mammals). Only one of the vertebrates captured was a non-native species (a House Mouse).” From the same group: “44% of cats were
witnessed stalking or
chasing prey; 30% captured
wildlife.”


An article from Mental Floss, sources listed at the bottom of the article: 


“84 million House cats in the United States
4 to 18 Birds killed by a typical house cat every year
8 to 21 Small mammals killed by a typical house cat every year
30 million to 80 million Free-roaming, feral cats estimated to be living in the United States. They either survive alone or live in colonies. In Washington, D.C., for example, there are estimated to be some 300 outdoor cat colonies.
23 to 46 Birds killed by each feral cat every year
129 to 338 Small mammals killed by each feral cat every year
1.4 billion to 3.7 billion Total birds killed by America’s cats every year
15 Percentage of all bird deaths estimated to come at the hands — er, paws — of cats
6.9 billion to 20.7 billion Total small mammals killed by cats every year”
From a report on ABC News: “Cats are responsible for the deaths of 1.4 to 3.7 billion birds and 6.9 to 20.7 billion mammals every year, according to research conducted by the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.”


From the American Bird Conservancy: “If we extrapolate the results of this study across the country and include feral cats, we find that cats are likely killing more than 4 billion animals per year, including at least 500 million birds.” 



(Also you’re putting your cat in unnecessary danger from tons of different threats by letting them outside unsupervised. So even if you don’t wanna give a shit about wildlife, maybe try giving a shit about your cat’s health  life.)
(Also farm cats are often not treated well, not provided with proper veterinary care, and there are other options for rodent control that doesn’t put other wildlife in as much danger)

also consider: this is 100% something that you, as an individual, can do to mitigate some of the natural disaster that is the anthropocene. We’re on track to lose something like 80% of global biodiversity by the end of the century, and there’s almost nothing that your average citizen can do about it. But keeping your cats inside to help preserve local biodiversity and mitigating the damage that ferals do is actually something that you can do. 

                
            

            
            
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                Back to the Future, Beautiful, and Dude: New York Times bestselling author SANDRAHILL
 k Times bestselling author
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 continues her sexy Deadly Angels series, as a Viking
 vangel's otherworldly mission pairs him with a beautiful
 chef who whets his thousand-year-old appetite...
 Once guilty of the deadly sin of gluttony, thousand-
 year-old Viking vampire angel Cnut Sigurdsson is
 now a lean, mean, vampire-devil fighting machine.
 His new side-job? No biggie: just ridding the
 world of a threat called ISIS while keeping the evil
 Lucipires (demon vampires) at bay. So when chef
 drea Stewart hires him to rescue her sister from
 a cult recruiting terrorists at a Montana dude ranch,
 vangel turns cowboy. Yeehaw!
 The too-tempting mortal insists on accompanying
 him, surprising Cnut with her bravery at every turn.
 But with terrorists stalking the ranch in demon-
 oid form, Cnut teletransports Andrea and himself
 out of danger-accidentally into the tenth-century
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 and to satisfy their insatiable attraction.
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This is honestly the most wild sounding romance novel I have ever seen and thought it might brighten someone’s day.



                
            

            
            
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