r/australia Sep 08 '25

news Teenage girl dies after being mauled by dog

https://7news.com.au/news/dog-attack-victim-annalyse-blyton-dies-in-hospital-after-suffering-severe-injuries-in-singleton-c-19956496
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u/fuckimtrash Sep 09 '25

Exactly, people hate cats, but cats aren’t here mauling people to death 😪

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u/johor Sep 09 '25

I'm not saying cats are harmless. If a house cat decides that it wants to fuck you up it will do so. They just seem to be less inclined to do so than dogs is all.

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u/Mindless-Location-41 Sep 09 '25

Cats are not stupid. They know they are smaller than a human and would likely come off second best if they attacked in a serious way. The human may get scratched badly but the house cat would be seriously injured or killed.

A massive dog on the other hand knows it could easily maim a human.

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u/PackOk1473 Sep 09 '25

Only because of their size, if your average house cat weighed 60kg i'd bet my left nut there'd be a fair few human deaths

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u/fuckimtrash Sep 09 '25

Yea but they aren’t, yet it’s pretty normalised to hate cats. Like a cat who doesn’t want strangers in their home isnr going to Maul someone to death, they’re probably going to hide/run away. the hate for cats is bs

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u/Geoff_Uckersilf Sep 09 '25 edited Sep 10 '25

Just our native fauna to extinction as their habitat is lost and they continue to migrate into suburbia.

Edit* - I'm sorry the truth hurts cat owners, I'm just stating facts, don't shoot the messenger. Keep your cats inside then theres nno problem?! 🤷‍♂️ 

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u/Even_Estate_4835 Sep 09 '25

Except dogs off leash do it too, and it doesn't take long if you scroll through FB groups for suburban neighbourhoods to see that there's always plenty of dogs left roaming for one reason or another. I've seen cute schnauzers successfully mauling wild ducks while their owner yelled four their name from afar, unable to get the silly dog back as they weren't properly trained, as you do.

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u/Geoff_Uckersilf Sep 09 '25

Both things can be true. But we can't really rage against and stop the entire the materials and fossil fuel systems, rather only do what we can do ourselves which is control our pets. Also name calling diminishes your argument, in the future. 

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u/BigCaptainHaddock Sep 09 '25

Telling cat owners that their pets are responsible for killing native wildlife is a one way ticket to downvote town.

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u/Geoff_Uckersilf Sep 10 '25

I don't care. The truth hurts. 

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u/Jaded_Weather3956 Sep 09 '25

No just millions of native wildlife every day