[JamesMcMinn]

What point do you think I am trying to make, exactly? Native fauna is defined as animals which historically have naturally occurred in the local area [1], and wild cats are by definition native fauna in Scotland, and across much of Europe.

You are letting your very obvious personal bias determine your interpretation of what is an objective fact.

[1] https://www.lawinsider.com/dictionary/native-fauna#:~:text=N....

[ivraatiems]

It's a faulty comparison, though. Domestic cats are by definition not the same as any native cat. They are domesticated animals, more equivalent to dogs, cows, and chickens.

So the discussion to have here is 'do we accept having domesticated animals in environments they didn't originate from'.

[JamesMcMinn]

It is in no way a faulty comparison. We did not domesticate cats in the same way that we did dogs, cows or chickens [1]. Wild cats found human populations useful because they attracted rodents. Humans found cats useful because dealt with rodents. A mutually beneficial relationship lasting thousands of years during which time, cats essentially domesticated themselves.

[1] https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/domestica...