Not having cats is an option that is not seriously considered.
Dogs are even worse. Make them shit in your own backyard please.
If you are a city dweller please do not keep “pets”, it’s bloody ridiculous, thank you.
Keeping an animal that defecates indoors and allowing it contact with food prep area is obscene.
You seem to think humans keep cats as pets, which indicates you've never lived with a cat before.
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We've been keeping pets as a species for considerably longer than we've had cities. It's basically an ingrained part of how we react to animals now.