'Vegan' kitten nearly dies

[passiveporcupine]

105. Cats are known to live longer as "indoor cats" than outdoor cats

So maybe it's not a "natural" life, which would mean "feral", but living indoors does seem to prolong their lives. Plus, dogs and cats are very useful to humans. Dogs for companionship, home protection, hunting, and other jobs like herding and livestock protection...not to mention the emotional power they have to help the sick and dying.

Cats are often kept for rodent control. Where I live now, I could not be here without cats. Mine are indoor/outdoor. This place was overrun with chipmunks, and they were destroying the house and anything stored outdoors. There are no outbuildings to lock tools in, so my first year here I lost a lot of things like a brand new rubber raft, tool cords, my phone line, and lots of miscellaneous stuff. The chipmunks were chewing holes into the side of the house and making nests in the walls. Mice lived in the walls too. Now I don't have rodent problems. Plus cats are great companions...especially for single people, and a lot of fun and enjoyment.

My cats are my companions, but they also work for me. So do my dogs. So do my chickens and goats, for that matter. Everyone has a job here. Some of the cat's jobs are just to look cute or make me laugh, or to snuggle in bed to keep me warm in winter.

I think it's obvious you are not a cat person. That's fine for you, but there is nothing wrong with having pets and feeding them a healthy and natural diet. Some people keep lizards and feed them bugs. Some people keep snakes and feed them mice or rats or even chicks.

To each his own. I'm sure not going to force you to have a cat.

One other thing about the hypocrisy of not killing your own food. Not everyone in early society hunted and killed their own food. Some were the builders, the food gatherers (nuts and berries and roots), the child bearers, the farmers. Some did the hunting and butchering of farm animals. That's the way society works. Not everyone has to participate in every job in society. We all have our jobs...they just aren't all the same. If everyone had to do everything for themselves, we wouldn't be a very functional society.