And generally just tear through native populations of birds and small mammals. I honestly think it's irresponsible to have outdoor cats in places where they're not native (which is effectively everywhere).

There was a prize-winning photo of a lynx doing that to a rat, a few days ago.

https://petapixel.com/2026/03/24/wildlife-photographer-of-th...

Then further down the page, "A sika deer carries the interlocked severed head of a rival male that had died after their battle". Nature, eh.

Life sucks. I bet the 10s of 1000s of animals used to source the protein in your cat food had a great life though