"Ashley" wrote in message
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"CatNipped" wrote in message
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Ashley wrote..."He also commented that he was not impressed with the
American method of managing risks, ie keeping all cats indoors at all
times.
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Care to interpret that differently than the way it did???

He's not impressed. That doesn't mean he's telling you what to do - which
appears to be a concept a few posters here have difficulty with. He would
do
it differently, that doesn't mean you have to.

If you're genuinely interested in reading a dispassionate debate of the
pros
and cons of both indoors and outdoors, you might try reading this, which I
found while searching for the VPIS (which it appears you can't get the
data
from unless you're a vet):

http://www.fabcats.org/inorout.html

Ashley, I don't need to read anything on this subject. Unlike some I have
two assets which tell me what to do about my cats regarding keeping them in
or letting them out, they're called common sense and observational skills.

You can do what you like, obviously, but don't try to convince anyone with
either of those assets that letting cats outside is a good idea.
Anthropomorphize as much as you like about how cats, like humans, "need to
be free to roam". Cats are *NOT* human, can be perfectly happy inside 24/7
and certainly can *only* be safe from outside dangers if they *are* kept
inside 24/7.

Come back here, like *SO* many others have who let their cats roam outside,
and post to the group about how upset you are that you've found your
"beloved" kitty lying on the side of the road dead with his intestines
hanging out! We'll all cry with you until you get another cat to weep over.
I'm sure as your cat lays dying he'll be thinking how "lucky" he is that
you're so concerned about his freedom.

Hugs,

CatNipped