New virus discovered in US that can kill pet cats and those in the wild
www.independent.co.uk
First case found in female mountain lion in Colorado last May

The American Veterinary Medical Association said symptoms to watch for include a staggering gait, the inability to retract claws, extreme sensitivity to touch, tremors, and seizures. The illness usually lasts for a few days to a few weeks, but can also linger for more than a year.

  • massive_bereavement@fedia.io
    2446·
    3 months ago

    Very unpopular opinion: good. I love cats, but they are a pest when outside as they kill the local population.

    If you have a cat, don’t let them outside of your property unless you hate ecosystems.

      • Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        20·
        3 months ago

        Agreed. If you have a human, don’t let them build suburbs unless you hate ecosystems.

        However, humans do observably seem to hate (or at least thoroughly ignore the needs of )ecosystems enough to ruin them, so I’m not sure enough people will listen.

        • medgremlin
          2·
          3 months ago

          The added benefit is that when there are few enough cats that there are loving homes for most of them, then the percentage of kitties with humans to take care of them increases drastically.

    • medgremlin
      18·
      3 months ago

      Then support your local trap/spay/neuter charities. This is a miserable and painful way for them to die and likely wouldn’t kill enough of them to get the effect you’re hoping for. All you’re wishing for here is needless suffering.

    • SyntaxTerror@feddit.orgDeutsch
      13·
      3 months ago

      I am aware of how damaging cats are to the ecosystem, but regardless of that, I don’t understand how you can live every day worrying whether the cat will come back or bring some kind of disease home with it. With our indoor cats I have control over what they eat and at most every few years they catch a cold. But nothing serious after 9 years of having indoor cats.