>kills rats and pests for fun and will do it for hours for no monetary compensationAre terriers better and more efficient weapons than guns for getting rid of unwanted animals?
It depends completely on what kind of "unwanted animals" and that invariably still includes you as backup, with a gun
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>is literally a little tiger>apex predator>kills dozen of animals every day without you even noticingThere is nothing more lethal to critters than the domestic cat. Dogs are just too inneficient as murderers. Cats kill so much they are basically walking war crimes.
>>65536873It's literally the opposite of what you're describing. Cats are at best a good deterrent but unlike terriers they get bored or full and decide that's it for the day. A terrier will snap a rats neck and go looking for the next one.
>>65536873domestic cats be slacking
>>65536884Not to sound inhumane but you're not supposed to feed barn cats much if you want to get the most out of them
>>65536856Why not both?
>>65536873>little tigerLittle cougar actually, them and house cats are literally built exactly the same, the only difference is one is the size of an adult human.
>>65536884Cats are more efficient in the sense that dogs get sad if you ignore them while cats don't really care. You get less out but you also put less in.
>>65536990And fuck younger men.
>>65536856I've had border collies since I was a little kid and every single one of them has delighted in digging up and killing moles and gophers. Once they get a taste for it, they will happily spend hours lying in wait with their ears pricked up listening for something to move underground so they can yank it out.
Both of my terriers died earlier this year. I don't wish to go through the pain again
>>65537004There was a guy who was injured and found by a mountain lion which dragged him back to a cave and the man said that it would hurt him if he didn't fuck it every day. Everyone thought he was just delirious but the park rangers were uncomfortably shuffling around saying "yeah actually that can happen".
>>65537071I like that funny little guy. Sorry about your dogs
>>6553699095.6% DNA commonality between cats and tigers, I believe they're the closest "big cat" relative
>>65537071Is that a young nutria or something?
i dont live in a rickety old house so i dont have pests
>>65536867grim indeed
>>65536935A felis negropes and it's just a tabby cat with black socks
>>65537252Thank you. In the end, at least they lived a long happy life>>65537296I have no clue. Funny guy however
>>65536884Cats have caused literally dozens of species to go extinct. They’re second to man in terms of ecological disruption.
>>65537071im sorry for your loss brah
Friendly reminder that feral animals should be destroyed on sight to protect native ecosystems. Yes, this includes charismatic animals like cats and dogs and horses. Kill 'em all.t. /an/>>65536873>>apex predatorIn the land of the blind the man with one eye is king; cats get schwacked by birds of prey as well as canids and even larger felines. They're mesopredators unless anything otherwise inclined to eat them has already been eradicated.>>65537651>Cats have caused literally dozens of species to go extinct.All of their known extinctions were directly underwritten by human activity and in most cases occurred in ecosystems where the extinct species had no endemic predators of a remotely comparable niche and the introduced cats generally had no predators whatsoever.
>>65537071You'll honestly feel better getting another pupper. It sucks to lose dogs but its sort of part of the life cycle and there's one or two out there who'd have a great home with you
>>65536884>get bored or fullnah, 99% of prey that domesticated cats catch they don't even really bother eating, assuming their owner is feeding them regularly, they just do it for the love of the game.and them being a "deterrent" is kind of an understatement.cats are on patrol, day and night, across their entire territory, which often extends out further than your house (if they are an outside cat)the smell or sound alone of cats deters mice and rats to an incredible degree, indirectly reducing rodent population numbers by limiting the amount of food they're brave enough to go out and get.
>>65537071Is that a little hoglet? What the hell is it?
>>65538103its a pygmy hipposomeone missed the Moo Deng viral craze; it's possible you are the only human on earth who did?
>>65536866>It depends completely on what kind of "unwanted animals" and that invariably still includes youFTFY
>>65538044>All of their known extinctions were directly underwritten by human activity and in most cases occurred in ecosystems where the extinct species had no endemic predators of a remotely comparable niche and the introduced cats generally had no predators whatsoever.Nah canines lost a ton of ecological niches to felines back before humans ruled the world. Humans fucked it all up, but cats were doing fine without them which is more than we can say for dogs. Wolves were probably next in line for cat-based extinction before humans entered the meta and domesticated them.
>>65537619>>65537252>>65537296>>65538103https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowland_paca
>>65538044>All of their known extinctions were directly underwritten by human activity and in most cases occurred in ecosystems where the extinct species had no endemic predators of a remotely comparable niche and the introduced cats generally had no predators whatsoever.Yeah they’re absolute apex predators. We’ve introduced lots of foreign species to unprepared ecosystems yet none have directly wiped out whole populations as much as the domestic cat. Zebra mussels are annoying but they’re fish that can eat them. Nothing eats cats.
>>65539143*there are*
>>65539143Except the chinese, but the problem with introducing chinese to control the cat population is that nothing eats the chinese.
>>65539143>Nothing eats catsLarge enough birds will but those aren't so numerous, especially where humans live because we not create environments that they enjoy.
>>65538080The value of cats as rodent control is that they do it without needing training or commands. Dogs require training and specialized breeds for rodent control but can also rapidly outpace a cat when actively hunting.
>>65536937It's inhumane only to the same people who can't slaughter their own meal. They have food, plenty of it running around in rural areas. To spoil them with free food, which their brain isn't built for is a sin against their species, which only a selfish Human would commit.Tbh in rural areas don't even feed at all, your shelter is more of value than you realize to them.Also if any cat "lover" finds it cruel or like anon said, inhumane, you should do a bit of self work.
>>65539143>Nothing eats cats.coyotes and large raptors absolutely will but neither are common in the sort of human occupied spaces that cats thrive in
>>65538134I loved that stupid hippo
>>65536856Had one as a kid. Great dogs if you have the energy and patience. They are sometimes either too smart or too ballsy for their own gpod.
>>65536856>>kills rats and pests for fun and will do it for hours for no monetary compensation>Yaps for 72 hours non stop.These tiny fuckers are cute as fuck but sometimes I just wanna punt them into next zip code.
>>65536873Cats can't even beat rats.
>>65536856>doing it for freesounds like a literal JANNY DOGGO to me.
>>65539094>Introduce in CudaGreat, now add them in Louisiana, Georgia, and Florida
>The Virgin Jack Russell>The Chad Jagdterrier
>I am become Jagd, destroyer of bears
>Death to the Banditos
>>65543189Cats will chase off bears that go in their yards, there's a lot of video of cats doing that kind of thing
>>65537115I'm calling bullshit buddy
>>65537071I think your dog might be autistic.
>>65537071The only bad thing about dogs is they don't live long enough
>>65538062>>65539725I hate that little cunt so much. I want to kick it death and roast it on a spit.
>>65536856I wish I could give my mini dachshund breed fulfillment but I'm a city slicker
>>65539167>nothing eats the chineseThat's where you're wrong, friendo
>>65536873cats are nothing compared to ratting dogs
>>65537071>blocks your path
>>65536884Bruh. My old calico used to hunt rats at night, eat their heads and then present the dead headless bodies neatly lined up on my welcome mat. Often it is the entire rat family of 5 or 7 rats, arranged from biggest to smallest. She'll also hangout on tree branches and ambush low flying pigeons from above, where they least expect it.
>>65544890I had a cat that used to do that, but with blue jays, this cat was tiny. Some of them are just born without the part of the brain that makes you feel fear.
>>65544928>Some of them are just born without the part of the brain that makes you feel fearCats feel fear fine but why would they fear jumping from a tree at a bird?Even if they miss they'll be fine and just run back up the tree.
>>65544664no immortal soul and yellow eyes
>>65536990>>65537004>>65537115
>>65538271Caniformes lost niches to cats sure, but most caniformes are plantargrade and wolves are digitigrade. Cats used to fill that niche with running hyenas before the berring land bridge opened, and managed to get exactly one running hyena across (extinct for half a million years). Wolves on the other hand came across the other way, and now they're on every continent except antarctica and the only surviving running hyena is the aardwolf that's surviving on termites. Theres currently no cats left that can contest wolves in their niche, and its not for lack of trying
>>65539167>nothing eats the chinese
>>65536856I'd feel wierd having sex with my dog though.
>>65536873https://youtu.be/SM4C3_nMN_gCats are good hunters but dogs will literally kill rats with single minded determination until they are exhausted or the rats are gone.
>>65549760underated post
>>65536856Doggo get hat?
>>65550055The jew fears the mink.
>>65552970Sadly, no.
>>65554587DAMN YOU MODS
>>65536856Bump for doggos
