I recently lost a cat as he was run over at less than a year old. He was an indoor/outdoor cat on a large farm with a generally peaceful road nearby (and lots of land around our house before you get to the road.) Many people have told me that letting a cat outdoors is cruel, but I don't see it that way. Animals natrually live outside, as do humans. Nothing originally had sophisticated housing, and though there are health risks of a cat being allowed outside, diseases can be prevented. The only thing I'm now concerned about for my other cat is the car accident risk. However, in our farm we've kept totsally outdoor cats before and they've always been happy, lived for 13yrs and 10yrs, been affectionate and had no serious diseases.
What do you think - indoors or outdoors (or a mix of both) considering I do have ample space in my garden and don't live in a city?
2007-02-07
22:32:20
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