I read as far as 'cracked.com' so I know you have good taste in websites. Unfortunately, the rest was a case of TB;DR. Your orange text is obnoxious on the standard skin and my eyes scream out in pain when I read you.

BigMeanCat kind of forgot to mention that most of those cat's owners do not go out into the wild and kill animals for pleasure, so that's a pretty big distinction between humans and their cats as well.

At least it's more humane than having the cat declawed so it can't hurt other animals (which it still could, just less effectively).

Not really alot I can say as I'm not a cat person and I would never want one, but I do not appreciate when cats come into my yard decide to use it as a toilet.

Declawing isn't humane in the fact that sometimes it goes wrong, and the poor animal suffers with pain the rest of its life. Declawed cats also usually become aggressive and need psychological treatment (yes, this DOES exist for pets) because they feel they can no longer defend themselves.

I'm not a staunch advocate against declawing, because sometimes it needs to be done, such as someone having to move to a home that forbids clawed cats. It's better to declaw them and keep them with the family they love, than having to give them up. But it definitely has drawbacks.

Also I am joining Wind in not reading whatever the hell Flareman posts.

Actually, a betta DOES get depressed from only having a small glass bowl to live in.

Number one, it's extremely toxic for them. Why do you think the little fishbowls in the store are usually harboring sick-looking or dead fish?

Number two, fish are not as brainless as we once thought. They need stimulation just as much as dogs or cats do. Little places to hide in, plants to nibble, etc.

Cats can very well get depressed from small, confined spaces, such as an apartment in say, Japan. Cats are exploratory animals by nature, if they have nothing to explore they get...bored. Then depressed. If you were confined to a very small area (you know, like prison) I doubt you'd want to get up in the morning, either.

But in majority of cases, cats are fine with their living arrangements and the person posting is either a nutter or a troll.

Science has proven that fish below a certain size lack the higher brain function required to feel emotion beyond a fight/flight or mating capacity. Generally, fish in smaller containers die sooner due to the toxicity of the water. A goldfish for instance emits many times the toxic chemicals of most fish twice it's size, and this is why they have to be replaced once every other week if you don't take care of the water. There are many myths related to small containers. Beta, for instance, while territorial are not fiercely so. I had six Beta in a 55 gallon tank, and they got along fine, as long as they stayed away from eachother's respective hidey holes.

I don't know how I'd look for something specific like that, when the internet is flooded with Vegan (vegetarian?) FISH HAVE FEELINGS rage debates, but it was in a book for one of my Psychology 20x or 30x classes about a year and a half ago.

It basically stated that fish species that reach maturity with brains below a certain size or density (with a couple other factors included) run on the same basic principals as insects, with very few exceptions. It was actually in a section talking about pets and the psychology attached to them compared to basic human psychology.

Edited by WindRider739 on March 21, 2013 at 8:35:44

I agree with what most people are saying, declawing is inhumane for the fact that it is a cosmetic surgery (tail docking, ear cropping, circumcision, etc.) that does not really benefit the creature at all but makes like easier for the one caring for the creature. These cosmetic surgeries are often used to get rid of an unwanted variable or control an unwanted behavior (e.g. cat scratching furniture).

But about the woman, I would never allow my (parents') cat outside. She is declawed, first of all, and second of all, she hates the outdoors. Letting a cat out without some sort of harness and leash can lead to your cat running away, getting taken, or getting killed. Although some cats may like the outdoors, it is important to realize that they could run away forever (like dogs) and if not fixed, cause a bigger number in the amount of unwanted kittens. Most domesticated animals, besides dogs, seem to fear the outside, so it is important to keep a vigilant eye on them if let outside. When I take my rats out I have to be very careful that they don't run away or get stolen by a hawk.

My adorable lil keekat is too lovable to be harmful... well at least in his later years. Back when I first got him we had a bird that could talk, a small one. It annoyed the crap out of me. We went to my grandparents house for the weekend. When we got back mom went into the laundry room and found that my cat had eaten it. She cried, I pet my cat and said "good kitty" because screw that annoying bird...

I definitely appreciated the silence. That was the only time he'd ever killed an animal. The other times it was like he didn't even care that it existed and he's been RIGHT BESIDE ME like the adorable lil fuzzy black tumor that he is.

Edited by Tri-Edge on September 11, 2013 at 2:46:12

It was definitely nice to not hear it yell MOTHERF****R over and over all day and night.

It all fairness, Tri-Edge's cat is kind of retarded and harmless. Like... I'm pretty sure that if we moved his food bowl across the room, he might die of starvation. Also, now that I'm not afraid mom will get rid of my cat for it, I can come clean and say it TOTALLY wasn't your cat that did that. It was mine. I just figured your cat had a lesser chance of getting dumped in the countryside because Mike liked him so much >.> Sorry bout that...

Do bear in mind that while all cats have had all these years to evolve into hunters and killers, by the same token, centuries of domestication has weeded a bit of that out in many common household breeds and - to a lesser extent - mixed felines.

EDIT - Also this. http://theoatmeal.com/comics/cats_actually_kill

Edited by WindRider739 on September 22, 2013 at 16:54:39