they believe in the biblical quote: "Do to others as you would have them do to you." and since i would never want to be trapped an neutered, i dont know what to say.
they say that animals dont necessarily follow the higher rules such as this but animals try their best and we should respect that.
While I respect your parent's choice and beliefs, I can't help but wonder if they might rethink this if they were aware of the other side of this, we as humans make the choices to reproduce or not, cats do not, acting on instincts alone. The endless amount of suffering all over the world, the homeless cat population, the fear they live with day in and day out of predators, surviving, territories, the fights, the illnesses from vicious unneutered males fighting, (the majority of fiv and felv (leukemia) transfers are from male cat fights and mating) the babies born to moms who contracted felv, who will die, or even faster, by being eaten alive by predators, the endless amount of cats and kittens who are euthanized daily is literally just tragic, unspeakable, and so on.
It is for his safety, his future and well being, it will prevent so much pain and fear, allowing him to live his life out, many, many more years than if he is not neutered.
Humans do not have all of the same risks, not anything like an outdoor feral cat does.
If he does not get trapped and neutered, he will wander, to make babies, and they will be killed, the moms get pregnant time after time after time, depleting all of their intenal resources which produces weak unhealthy babies.
It's taken a very long time for TNR to be acknowledged as an excellent way to stop the vicious cycle once and for all, but it has gotten so out of control up until it's recognition, that it will take many years of diligent work to put a big enough dent in the homeless feral population, but is truly the answer.
I loved it when you wrote that the cat seemed to do a happy jump after finding the tuna can, that is too cute!! Wow!! TUNA!!!
they say that animals dont necessarily follow the higher rules such as this but animals try their best and we should respect that.
While I respect your parent's choice and beliefs, I can't help but wonder if they might rethink this if they were aware of the other side of this, we as humans make the choices to reproduce or not, cats do not, acting on instincts alone. The endless amount of suffering all over the world, the homeless cat population, the fear they live with day in and day out of predators, surviving, territories, the fights, the illnesses from vicious unneutered males fighting, (the majority of fiv and felv (leukemia) transfers are from male cat fights and mating) the babies born to moms who contracted felv, who will die, or even faster, by being eaten alive by predators, the endless amount of cats and kittens who are euthanized daily is literally just tragic, unspeakable, and so on.
It is for his safety, his future and well being, it will prevent so much pain and fear, allowing him to live his life out, many, many more years than if he is not neutered.
Humans do not have all of the same risks, not anything like an outdoor feral cat does.
If he does not get trapped and neutered, he will wander, to make babies, and they will be killed, the moms get pregnant time after time after time, depleting all of their intenal resources which produces weak unhealthy babies.
It's taken a very long time for TNR to be acknowledged as an excellent way to stop the vicious cycle once and for all, but it has gotten so out of control up until it's recognition, that it will take many years of diligent work to put a big enough dent in the homeless feral population, but is truly the answer.
I loved it when you wrote that the cat seemed to do a happy jump after finding the tuna can, that is too cute!! Wow!! TUNA!!!