Are dogs allowed to run free in the neighborhood? Domestic untethered cats stink up my yard with their scat and urine.

And to satisfy all such
intolerance, parakeets
must be confined from
nature.

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arch...

If your cat is an outside cat, you should be aware of this bizarre parasite that you can catch from them

Cats are "House Pets"....it is not fair to the pet to be put in harms danger outdoors. Weather, disease, wild animals, cars, when you are trimming their nails..they have no protection...it is not good stewardship and abusive to the animal to allow them outside. I will never let a cat outdoors...especially when I see so many feral cats, without shots, and not neutered or spade making more feral cats.

Seriously????????????????!?

If I didn't let my cat go outdoors, she'd dig through the wall. She's far better equipped than I to spend time outdoors. In her heart she is a lioness on the savannah. She's always in at night, and most of the time when I'm not home. She has the best of all possible worlds in the middle of fifty acres where she doesn't get into other people's gardens, doesn't bother anybody except the rodent population, and she gets vetted frequently.

All pets should really be kept in your home or at least on your property, if for no other reason than that if your neighbors wanted to be around a dog/cat/etc., they'd get their own.

That said, it's definitely much safer for cats to be kept indoors -- it keeps them from being exposed to fleas, diseases and dangers (including passing cars).

My cats go outside part of the day and for the most part stay in their own yard. They don't go after the birds; they just watch them. They enjoy the fresh air and sunshine as much as I do. They come in every night and their shots are up to date. When it's cold or raining they don't go out.