On 2/10/2016 4:16 PM, Je�us wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Feb 2016 16:12:12 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 2/10/2016 11:16 AM, Cheri wrote:
>>> Yes, I've seen the innocent pleasure of being mauled by dogs, run over
>>> by cars etc., lazy owners and nothing more. Cats can do all of those
>>> things indoors with proper equipment, and they can also be outside in
>>> protective kennels, but lazy owners would sooner wax poetic about the
>>> joys of animals running free, while remaining lazy and irresponsible.
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheri
>>
>> Thank you, Cheri! When Persia was alive I had a mesh kitty enclosure
>> and I'd let her go outside in that. She wasn't killing birds, not even
>> when the small sparrows hopped through the mesh and got right in with
>> her. She looked at them like they were oddities.
>>
>> Toys (and owner interaction) provide plenty of physical stimulation.
>> The owners need to take time to play with the cat. Domestic cats don't
>> need to kill things to be happy.
>>
>> Again, I think it's a cultural difference. I wouldn't dream of letting
>> my cat outide.
>
> Not everyone live in urban or built-up areas.
>
I have never lived in an urban or built-up area. Even when I was still
in west Tennessee I lived as far away from the "city" (Memphis) as
possible. There was still traffic on the neighborhood streets, people
who let dogs run loose, etc. Just not a good environment for cats to be
running around outside. And really, it's not necessary in order for
them to be happy. It's much healthier for them to stay inside.

Jill