Why vegans must not own cats | The Spectator

Why vegans must not own cats | The Spectator
"Is it ethical for vegans to own cats?
It’s an interesting question because vegans look set to take over — there are more than 3.5 million now, up from 500,000 in 2016 (in UK), and a fifth of us say we’d eat less meat if only we could be bothered.
Veganism is the life-style choice for the thoughtful and planet-conscious.
The only thing more 21st century than veganism is cats.
Cat ownership in the UK is growing at almost as impressive a rate.
A quarter of all British adults have cats.
...But does it make sense for vegans to own cats?
No, it absolutely does not.
It’s demented.
I find it fascinating that some of the most concerned and consciously moral people on the planet are also among the most deluded.
...an outdoor cat is a psychotic death machine. 
Those boneless fur balls you see draped on garden walls in the morning, yawning and snake-toothed? They spent dawn decapitating baby robins.
...Cats in this country kill more than 250 million small mammals a year — and some 11 million songbirds.
In America cats take an annual toll of three billion birds..."
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