Lbc
@lbcofficial·1.5M subscribers·17.3K videos
Animal rights activist says cats should not be allowed outdoors | LBC debate
Posted
February 3, 2025
Views
10,476
Likes
164
Comments
310
Engagement
4.52%
February 3, 2025
10,476
164
310
4.52%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
3:59Now PlayingTom Swarbrick debates with Senior Media & Communications Manager at PETA UK, Jennifer White.
Jennifer claims that cats 'didn't choose to be domesticated', arguing that pet cats are ‘non-native predators’ that should not be allowed outside.
It comes as the SNP considers a ban on owning cats amid concerns for local wildlife.
An animal welfare body employed to advise Scotland’s government has said pet cats are decimating populations of local mammals and birds.
Cats are believed to kill around 250,000 bats and a whopping 27 million birds in the UK each year.
Now, the Scottish Animal Welfare Commission (SAWC) has called for a ban on cat ownership in areas where wildlife is at risk.
The SAWC proposed “cat containment areas”, similar to those used in Australia, where the felines are not allowed to roam freely in specific areas or during select times.
The method has been utilised in Melbourne and Canberra where owners face fines if their cats are spotted outside without a lead.
The suggestion has been met with condemnation by cat charities across the UK.
Listen to the full show on Global Player
#tomswarbrick #cat #catban #pets #cats #kittens #kitten #uknews #ukpolitics #news #politics #animals #animalrights #scotland #LBC
LBC is the home of live debate around news and current affairs in the UK.
Join in the conversation and listen at
Sign up to LBC’s weekly newsletter here
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
