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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I was a kid, my family had a couple of cats, both were indoor/outdoor cats. They lived long lives and died in the house. The only problem I would have now with having indoor/outdoor cats is that I wouldn't like them to be pooping on the neighbors property.

Yes, I do believe that a cat that's locked up in a house 24/7 will likely live longer than an outdoor cat but[b] it's natural instincts have been suppressed[/b]. [/quote]

Cats are domesticated.[/quote]Really? I've seen "domesticated" cats when they see a bird in the street. They crouch down and slowly move towards its prey just like a lion does in the jungle when it sees dinner. It's amazing that their actions are so similar. [/quote]

Yes, dogs do that as well.  They, too, are domesticated.[/quote]I think the point that was being made, is that the "domesticated" cat even though it hasn't been anywhere near the jungle, shares the same instincts as a wild big cat in the jungle.[/quote]

How does that translate to it being ok for cats to roam suburban neighborhoods, killing native bird species, pooping in gardens and sandboxes, developing worm issues from eating rodents, being prey for coyotes and foxes, and being hit by cars?

It doesn't.[/quote]The cats my family had when I was a child never had any of the problems that you have mentioned and they were outdoor cats.[/quote]

Yes, I am sure you followed them around to keep them from pooping in other people’s yards and killing wildlife.[/quote]

[b]Cats are animals. When you stop them from killing wildlife, you're interfering with what they're bred to do. [/b] But if you feel that bad about fluffy eating a bird, you can put a bell on her neck.  But keeping an animal indoors all day is sad and cruel, especially if you have only one cat.[/quote]

They are not "bred" to kill wildlife.  They evolved to kill wildlife.

It's not that I "feel bad" about cats killing birds; it's that it is an environmental problem because cats are not native predators.  Therefore, birds are not wired, evolutionarily speaking, to protect themselves from cats.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/outdoor-cats-kill-between-14-billion-and-37-billion-birds-a-year-study-says/2013/01/31/2504f744-6bbe-11e2-ada0-5ca5fa7ebe79_story.html?utm_term=.5bfc06a78c97

Keeping a cat indoors is not cruel.  If that is all the cat knows, the cat is fine with it.

Maybe we should kill roaming cats.[/quote]

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