I believe you were genuine with your post, just the word highlights the difference of perspectives we have. I'm reading what articles I see about outdoor cats, and it really is complety normal in the UK, in fact I see British people perturbed at the US/elsewhere disallowing or frowning upon letting cats be outdoors. The trend I'm seeing is that cats are growing in population pretty much everywhere, so I expect this will be an issue that will keep coming back.FFS, it's miniscule where I currently live. There's plenty of places it's not. Again it's all relative, why is this so hard to understand?
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0151962
Everywhere non-owners were more likely than owners to agree that pet cats killing wildlife were a problem in cities, towns and rural areas. Agreement amongst non-owners was highest in Australia (95%) and New Zealand (78%) and lowest in the UK (38%). Irrespective of ownership, over 85% of respondents from all countries except China (65%) valued wildlife in cities, towns and rural areas. Non-owners advocated cat legislation more strongly than owners except in Japan. Australian non-owners were the most supportive (88%), followed by Chinese non-owners (80%) and Japanese owners (79.5%). The UK was least supportive (non-owners 43%, owners 25%). Many Australian (62%), New Zealand (51%) and Chinese owners (42%) agreed that pet cats killing wildlife in cities, towns and rural areas was a problem, while Hawaiian owners were similar to the mainland USA (20%). Thus high endemic biodiversity might contribute to attitudes in some, but not all, countries. Husbandry practices varied internationally, with predation highest where fewer cats were confined. Although the risk of wildlife population declines caused by pet cats justifies precautionary action, campaigns based on wildlife protection are unlikely to succeed outside Australia or New Zealand. Restrictions on roaming protect wildlife and benefit cat welfare, so welfare is a better rationale.
This abstract seems to be in line with at least what's occurred on Era, and shows me we have a while to go until domestic cats are taken seriously as an invasive species.