It's a super common thing here that cats go outside. There's no wild animals here. Don't judge people for doing do. Not every country/city has coyotes or other dangers. My neighbors cat comes to visit me a few times a week. She cuddles with me on the couch and goes home at night, is well taken care off and fed. Just living her best live getting attention from multiple people ☺️ Not all cats are meant to be inside imo.

to the people saying "but not everywhere has coyotes" do you realize that you're seeing this argument in a selfish way? do you realize that housecats are actually a big threat to ecosystems that they don't belong in? housecats are housecats, they belong inside in a nice cozy home, being absolutely pampered, not allowed outside where they pointlessly kill birds and other small wildlife.

We live in a large western Canadian city. We have coyotes making themselves at home in most neighbourhoods. Cats are coyote treats. Also, I'm ashamed and disgusted to report, in the news today a cat came home from going missing on new year's eve with an arrow through its body. Nothing major was hurt so it will survive, but another cat was stomped to death by a group of four teenage boys outside its own home a few weeks ago. Keep your cats inside if you love them. Two legged predators are more dangerous than the four legged kind. 🤬

We've alwayws had most of our cats outside. We don't have coyotes where I live. Females usually stay home, it's the males that start wandering in the neighborhood. We've also had tons of cats come from other houses. Some stay here, some just come and eat, and then leave. It is an issue though, since there was a time when apparently some neighbor started poisoning them. Just very few cats have lived inside my house, mainly because they don't get along with the rest, but they always have that urge to get outside and run away. I feel like they get more stressed than what people realized being confined in a closed space, no matter how big the house is

I agree if you get a new cat it should stay inside. But both of my childhood cats were strays. They would not have tolerated being locked up. And even though we were pretty sure they were strays, what if they'd had a home? We would have been keeping them away. I would never let my cat right now go outside. But I get why people do it.

My moos is the one who does not like them using her planters. She is afraid of, and has never liked cats. It really upsets her that most of the wildlife that used to hang out on our property have all gone because of our irresponsible neighbor's dog and cat hoarding.

I let our cats out in our high fenced yard (supervised visits only). All living things deserve to be outside once in a while.

I welcome you to try to keep Sasquatch in. I haven't managed it yet! Nobody else goes out--even his mother made her Boyfriend come in my house! (Never did figure out where he got in, though.) But sonny-boy? He goes out 4-5 times a day, and I can't figure out how to stop him. We'll try something new...because I do worry about him. He's too smart for his own good.

They're apex predators.

Coyotes are crepuscular hunters so letting cats out midday, as they have done for THOUSANDS of years, is not irresponsible simply because some new punk deems it so. Cats used to be put out at night because they are nocturnal. Whats irresponsible is destroying so much of the coyotes natural habitat that they have even forced to move into ours.

I agree with you but not all countries have coyotes and maybe some of this cats live on safe neighborhoods yk

There aren't voyoties every where. Where I live, cat are most dangerous wild animal. So let your cat go outside, when it is safe for them, they are not house bound animals. Or they shouldn't be

No coyotes in UK and a lot of cat owners make sure that they live in a safe area for their furry friends, we certainly do.