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Originally Posted by chipj29
That's your opinion. Myself and a majority of the people in my neighborhood would disagree. All of the cats that I have ever had I have taken in either as strays, or have adopted from SPCA. They have all been outdoor cats. Trying to keep an outdoor cat indoors isn't always the easiest thing to do...especially with 3 dogs coming in and out all day long. lol
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We have seven cats. All but one are from a shelter. We adopt mostly older cats. Shelters are full of older cats that sit waiting for a home for months.. if not years. When we adopt an outdoor cat we let it out. They do hunt, it's the nature of outdoor cats. I think you should be aware of the historical role of cats. Still valid today.
Cats are widely credited with the end of the Bubonic Plauge.. they killed the rats that carried the fleas that spread the disease. Now.. please don't respond w/ I'm trying to prevent the Bubonic Plauge from returning. NOT. I suggest that to deny the postive effect of outdoors cats in farm yards and barns is a mistake.
As an animal lover, all animals, I don't always like the fact that they bring me their "prizes'. Most of the time it's a pest.. moles, voles.. etc. Sadly, sometimes rarely it's a cute little chipmunk.
We have lost some of our outdoor cats to "natural" cause. It stinks when it happens, but it's all natural.
