The UK's Minister of Cruelty has been dismissed and replaced:

the Guardian

Braverman’s sacking brings down curtain on turbulent tenure as UK home secretary

Darling of populist Tory right has stoked political rows on homelessness, immigration and the ‘tofu-eating wokerati’

The new minister is a Tory too, and may be expected to be more or less cruel, but won't necessarily base his career on showing how cruel he can be.

Australians are learning to recognize the importance of not letting pet cats roam outdoors and kill wildlife:

the Guardian

From beloved pet to biodiversity villain: what now for Australia’s cats?

Our feline friends kill more than 300 million native animals a year. Can we keep them and protect our wildlife too?

The issue is somewhat different in Europe and Africa, since wildcats (from which domesticated cats were bred) have been present there since before humans. To some extent, the ecosystem is adapted to their existence. However, that adaptation depends partly on the presence of larger predators that limit the number of wildcats.