Cats require a lot more than dogs and many cat owners don't realise that. When I say responsibility and ownership, I mean those literally. A pet is ownership of what's otherwise a free animal. It is your responsibility to make up for that. Companionship thrives when you're both bringing out the best in each other. If you want to own an animal aka have a pet, you have a duty.

Talk about consent, have you ever had a sit down conversation with your cat? When it's shredding things, killing wildlife, pissing on neighbours stuff, it's talking. It's saying, "You aren't giving me what I need." An irresponsible owner is only thinking for themselves and the tickbixes the cat gives them. An idiot says listening and doing your part is "controlling".

So, as I said, if someone's the kind of one of those latter owners, I expect their level of responsibility doesn't even extend to a belled collar, so they just unleash their neglect toward an animal out onto the world. But for them, they get pats sometimes, so surely they're good and their pet is good.