[Aevery_Freeman]

But the cats were innocent.

[marktwain]

But the cats were innocent.

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That is hard to be sure of.

Cats routinely torture and play with the prey before they finally kill it. Often, semi-feral cats do not eat their prey. They simply torture and kill it for fun.

So, is a cat that tortures and kills mice and birds morally superior to a person who tortures and kills cats?

If you claim “that is what cats do” the person could claim the same.

I think the deliberate torture of animals before killing them is wrong.

It should be acknowledged that when a semi-feral cat is killed, it likely prevents the torture and killing of hundreds of small mammals and birds.

[Kozak]

How do you know that?