OMG OMG i think you need to read the post more carefully!

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I'm not trying to argue, but please then allow me to explain.

What I have said is there are 2 types of people that keep their cats indoors, one type like yourself, that provides lots of toys and stimulation.
And the second type that does not, it is the second type that I have said leaves a cat with a boring miserable life.

At the end of my post, I have also said, I have great respect for people who provide runs or cat safe gardens.

It is not fair for you to jump down my throat when I have said nothing to offend you.

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Thats fair enough, I think everyone here just wants what they feel is best for there cats, otherwise we wouldn't be on a forum chatting about them.

This is a forum where there is a mix of moggie and/or pedigree owners and some breeders.

I can fully emphasise with breeders - their cats are in the forefront of promoting the breed and mostly they will either keep their cats indoors and fully stimulated or have a secure cat proof area outside. They ccertainly do not want their studs and queens breeding outside the pedigree.

However I feel that there is a certain amount of 'panic' propagated by forums such as this concerning what might happen if you let your cat outside.

It is a fact of life that outside is risky and that an owner who let's their cat outside for whatever reason must accept that risk.

However when I was young both cats and children had a lot more freedom - and I think that this freedom has been lost for both. Yes, more cars, more news horror stories.

15 years ago I did not think twice about letting my pedigree cat out - now I do, not because the environment has changed but because I suppose I have been made more risk aware........

I am on the fence about this debate - if I could make my garden cat proof I would - and i have investigated but its a peculiar garden. I don't like the look of cat runs - they are just plain ugly in my mind. Still looking for a solution where I can just open up my back door and windows..........

However the cats I have now have never had the experience of unfettered freedom and therefore don't hanker to be out i.e. don't make a dash out of the open door. So maybe they will just stay in.

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No fence sitting for me. I've experienced the horror of RTAs and the heart break.

Why are cats treated differently from dogs? Are they loved less?

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On the indoor/outdoors thing - If you cat has an outdoor run with free access or a safe garden - which I would love but my garden is almost an acre so hard to fence all of it in - then I don't suppose it is an indoors cat really - is it?

It is true there are more and more horror stories - it is a sad fact that the world is getting a more dangerous place - it is a risk to allow your cats freedom just as it is a risk to allow your cats freedom - if you cherish your children and your cats you do all you can to minimise their risks.

Indoors cats and outdoors cats will sleep when they want and where they want and I don't think this removes and anything from their quality of life.

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@ Savannah - So by that reasoning, birds shouldn't be kept in cages, as it stops them flying about?

They're not the same animal, so aren't really comparable.