Advice needed

Oops - there is one other thing I forgot to mention. The local county
ordinance has leash laws for dogs, although that doesn't apply to
people's private yards and there are three county-provided off leash
dog run areas within two miles of my home. The county ordinance for
cats is that if they are allowed outdoors, then they must be spayed
and neutered.

Very enlightened place :

Oops - there is one other thing I forgot to mention. The local county
ordinance has leash laws for dogs, although that doesn't apply to
people's private yards and there are three county-provided off leash
dog run areas within two miles of my home. The county ordinance for
cats is that if they are allowed outdoors, then they must be spayed
and neutered.

Very enlightened place :

That's weird. Counties don't regulate pet ordinances. Municipalities do. Or
at least that's the way it is here.

Sherry

Oops - there is one other thing I forgot to mention. The local county
ordinance has leash laws for dogs, although that doesn't apply to
people's private yards and there are three county-provided off leash
dog run areas within two miles of my home. The county ordinance for
cats is that if they are allowed outdoors, then they must be spayed
and neutered.

Very enlightened place :

That's weird. Counties don't regulate pet ordinances. Municipalities do. Or
at least that's the way it is here.

Sherry

Oops - there is one other thing I forgot to mention. The local county
ordinance has leash laws for dogs, although that doesn't apply to
people's private yards and there are three county-provided off leash
dog run areas within two miles of my home. The county ordinance for
cats is that if they are allowed outdoors, then they must be spayed
and neutered.

Very enlightened place :

That's weird. Counties don't regulate pet ordinances. Municipalities do. Or
at least that's the way it is here.

Sherry

(CajunPrincess) writes

(Luvskats00) wrote in message
Regarding the indoor/outdoor cat issue.....the view outside of the USA
seems to
be that it's OK to let cats outside. In the USA, it's been documented to be
just the opposite. Every episode of Animal Planet's "Emergency Vets"
features
one or two injured or dying cats who have been hit by a car, maimed by a
dog/wild animal or poisoned by eating or drinking a toxic substance.A
significant number of people have posted their tragic tale of losing their
cats
because they roamed outside..."

I was 14 when I got my first cat; an indoor-outdoor cat, and 16 when that
beautiful boy was hit by a car. Thankfully, he survived. However, I stupidly
let him roam again. My brains came to me a bit later..when I moved to my own
apartment. That same cat away (because I had moved to a city environment and
allowed him to roam...the poor boy was scared to death. I found him the next
day and never allowed him out again!)

Amazingly, some people never consider themselves to be part of the "problem".
They go out of their way to submit post after post denying that outside cats
face more risk of death and serious injuries. No proof, just constant denials.

(CajunPrincess) writes

(Luvskats00) wrote in message
Regarding the indoor/outdoor cat issue.....the view outside of the USA
seems to
be that it's OK to let cats outside. In the USA, it's been documented to be
just the opposite. Every episode of Animal Planet's "Emergency Vets"
features
one or two injured or dying cats who have been hit by a car, maimed by a
dog/wild animal or poisoned by eating or drinking a toxic substance.A
significant number of people have posted their tragic tale of losing their
cats
because they roamed outside..."

I was 14 when I got my first cat; an indoor-outdoor cat, and 16 when that
beautiful boy was hit by a car. Thankfully, he survived. However, I stupidly
let him roam again. My brains came to me a bit later..when I moved to my own
apartment. That same cat away (because I had moved to a city environment and
allowed him to roam...the poor boy was scared to death. I found him the next
day and never allowed him out again!)

Amazingly, some people never consider themselves to be part of the "problem".
They go out of their way to submit post after post denying that outside cats
face more risk of death and serious injuries. No proof, just constant denials.

(CajunPrincess) writes

(Luvskats00) wrote in message
Regarding the indoor/outdoor cat issue.....the view outside of the USA
seems to
be that it's OK to let cats outside. In the USA, it's been documented to be
just the opposite. Every episode of Animal Planet's "Emergency Vets"
features
one or two injured or dying cats who have been hit by a car, maimed by a
dog/wild animal or poisoned by eating or drinking a toxic substance.A
significant number of people have posted their tragic tale of losing their
cats
because they roamed outside..."

I was 14 when I got my first cat; an indoor-outdoor cat, and 16 when that
beautiful boy was hit by a car. Thankfully, he survived. However, I stupidly
let him roam again. My brains came to me a bit later..when I moved to my own
apartment. That same cat away (because I had moved to a city environment and
allowed him to roam...the poor boy was scared to death. I found him the next
day and never allowed him out again!)

Amazingly, some people never consider themselves to be part of the "problem".
They go out of their way to submit post after post denying that outside cats
face more risk of death and serious injuries. No proof, just constant denials.

Laura R. wrote:

circa 11 Jun 2004 16:01:17 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Yngver
) said,
I for one agree completely. Since the OP is in the U.K., I don't understand
why
some people in this thread are bringing up threats that don't even exist
there--is it so ingrained in the heads of some U.S. cat owners that indoors
is
the only way that they cannot even imagine situations in which it is
reasonably
safe to have indoor/outdoor cats?

There are- when you walk the cat on a leash.

I don't agree with that. Our cats are leash-trained, but there are
places/situations in which it is safe for them to be off-leash. Of course, we
are always there with them in those cases, so they are never actually what I
consider free-roaming.

Laura R. wrote:

circa 11 Jun 2004 16:01:17 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Yngver
) said,
I for one agree completely. Since the OP is in the U.K., I don't understand
why
some people in this thread are bringing up threats that don't even exist
there--is it so ingrained in the heads of some U.S. cat owners that indoors
is
the only way that they cannot even imagine situations in which it is
reasonably
safe to have indoor/outdoor cats?

There are- when you walk the cat on a leash.

I don't agree with that. Our cats are leash-trained, but there are
places/situations in which it is safe for them to be off-leash. Of course, we
are always there with them in those cases, so they are never actually what I
consider free-roaming.

Laura R. wrote:

circa 11 Jun 2004 16:01:17 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Yngver
) said,
I for one agree completely. Since the OP is in the U.K., I don't understand
why
some people in this thread are bringing up threats that don't even exist
there--is it so ingrained in the heads of some U.S. cat owners that indoors
is
the only way that they cannot even imagine situations in which it is
reasonably
safe to have indoor/outdoor cats?

There are- when you walk the cat on a leash.

I don't agree with that. Our cats are leash-trained, but there are
places/situations in which it is safe for them to be off-leash. Of course, we
are always there with them in those cases, so they are never actually what I
consider free-roaming.