That is not to say I don't value the life of any particular animal. I do. All matter and species of fin, foot and feather. It might interest you to know my wife and I have seven cats. All of them rescued from shelters and some from the wild.
Okay, so we’ll agree that it’s not okay for a dangerous dog to wander freely and be able to indiscriminately kill whatever it pleases, and it’s also true for larger cats. That’s why we don’t see many tigers wandering the streets at will. We can also agree that cats make good pets. I still don’t get why it’s okay for cats to wander wherever they please, even my yard where they are definitely not welcome, and kill indiscriminately just because they aren’t large enough to kill a child. If you want to have seven cats it’s your time and money but what makes you think it’s okay for your cats to go into my yard, use my plants for a litter box and kill any living creature that they can catch while they are there? That’s obviously a rhetorical question since you aren’t my neighbor but I see plenty of cats of neighbors wandering freely and I also see people who call themselves animal lovers (I guess it depends on what animals you are talking about) leaving out food for feral cats even though it’s against the law to do it. Some even have a regular circuit where they drive from feeding spot to feeding spot. Is that okay?