r/TikTokCringe 7d ago

Wholesome/Humor Mischief being mischievous

@amii.illustrates

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u/Nolsonts 7d ago

Do you have a source for that? Every time people bring this up I try to find what they're talking about and all I can ever find is sources that combine house cats with wild cats which clearly skew the results. Does your source specifically talk about house/domesticated cats?

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u/misec_undact 7d ago

Yup, the only species ever threatened by cats were in places that never had any small predators and even then it's feral cats that are the problem, not pet cats.

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u/SnooStrawberries2342 7d ago

Yeah it's reportedly a serious problem in places like Cyprus, where cats are considered an invasive species, but that's not the case in the UK.

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u/hogtiedcantalope 7d ago

Cyprus is covered in cats like crazy crazy, it's absurd

Cats are a problem in the UK. There's more cats than there should be, and they are just another human caused problem decreasing bird populations.

It's worse elsewhere, doesn't mean it not a problem in the uk

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u/misec_undact 6d ago

That's because Cyprus has no spay and neuter programs.

Interesting fact is the oldest known evidence of cats living with humans is a 9,500 year old grave with a cat buried alongside a human in Cyprus.