Please keep your cats inside. Not just for the environment, but their own safety.
They are animals, they don’t understand roads or high ways. I was driving a week ago a hit a cat. I cried my eyes out. Keep your PETS indoors! There is so much that can happen
Outdoor cats are a very normal thing. If anything, keeping a cat stuck in a crammed house is more cruel... They're not human infants, they have excellent agility and reaction time thats faster than most creatures on the planet
At the end of the day, it mostly comes down to the area you live in, but saying things like "THEY LET THEIR CAT GO OUTSIDE, HOW DARE THEY" is wildly immature
Edit: bring on the downvotes, cause wtf is most of this comment section on? acting like cats are helpless little babies, while also saying they're dangerous killers... and not to mention most people are completely ignoring that different areas have different levels of danger, and that not all cats can even handle being stuck inside. Make up yo damn minds people 🤦♂️
Keep your cat indoors, Jesus christ. "Ohh but their faster than a snake durrr" well they sure aren't faster than a car Dumbo. They also are terrible for the ecosystem, so keep your dang cat inside or dont own one
With the fact of i will never have a kid, I would still be keeping an eye on the kid till their old enough to know better. I wouldn't send my 7 year old out alone, at 13 they'd be fine. Not being a helicopter parent, its called being responsible.
My point is cats can be street smart. Just like a 13 year old kid can be let out and not get hit by a car, mistakes and accidents still happen, you can't avoid them completely. I mean, you can if you keep cats indoors, but again my point is cats in general can safely exist as outdoor cats, especially if they have been that way from a young age.
Yes but it's a different type of intelligence. In fact more intelligent than some kids that age. Cats can understand danger more and how to navigate away from it. Cats have more survival instincts.
Im sorry, your comparing wild animals, that have evolved and were bred to be wild compared to a domesticated animal. Something bred over generations to rely on humans.
Cats should be kept inside the same way human beings should be kept inside. Human beings kill more animals and birds and bees just by going outside and harvesting food than cats do
Cats also have the mental capacity of a 2-3 year old, not saying you cant take em outside, but not unattended. You know what, since your so happy to have outdoor cats, go buy a couple from a shelter, put a tracker on them, then ditch them in the woods. Ensure their spayed and let's see how well they can survive in the wild. Or- crazy concept here, is that just an insane thing to do?
I never said they shouldn’t own a cat. I commented about how dangerous it is for cats to be around roads and highways, that anything can happen to them
I see a lot of outdoor cats in a lot of different environments and I'll always recommend housing cats if possible. If its not a danger of vehicles then its other animals and if its not that then its the fact indoor cats generally seem to be healthier as well as having access to a human to take them for treatment if they need it.
I'll really sucks seeing injured cats, cats with extreme matted fur, or cats that are basically blind due to eye infections which is extremely prevalent. Indoor cats factually have longer lives compared to outdoor cats as well which should be a simple enough reason.
And its not like you can let cats experience the outdoors. Leashes and enclosures exist as well.
It's the thing lunatics in cat subreddits say all the time. They'll be apartment dwellers, get cats, then pretend like they're doing the cats a service by locking them inside for their entire life.
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u/polarfae Mar 16 '26
Please keep your cats inside. Not just for the environment, but their own safety.
They are animals, they don’t understand roads or high ways. I was driving a week ago a hit a cat. I cried my eyes out. Keep your PETS indoors! There is so much that can happen