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Originally Posted by slayda
With my experience with cats (there were as many as 21 on our farm at one time when I was growing up) I do feel that cats are outside animals. I do understand "cat language". However, it's cruel, IMO, to pen one up in an apartmant or house. It's OK if they live there but they need the outdoors.
That said, I hate the cats that come and try to feed at our bird feeder since I like the birds better. 
Also my brother had a Siamese cat that would hide behind the door when he came home from work and attack him, with serious wounding - to my brother.  |
On a farm, cats should be outside. In the city, with neighbors all around, they belong inside. No one wants to step in someone elses cat poo-poo, or have to clean it up. Outside, cats are susceptible to being run over, poisoned, or attacked by other animals. They pick up all sorts of fleas, ticks and diseases. (we have coyotes here, in a city of 106,000) I love my cat enough to keep him in.
I do feel, on the other hand, that dogs should not be kept by people that are gone all day, leaving them alone either inside or outside. Dogs crave human interaction. Cats don't. Not as much, anyway.
I can't believe there is something I actually disagree with you on!