Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. I've made the decision to
let my cats out based on the surrounding circumstances including a
relatively safe environment and very nice neighbours who all like cats.
When my cats lived in the USA, and also other places within the UK, they
were indoor only. Their quality of life is much improved by being able
to be indoor/outdoor. Indded, I had the exact same discussion with my
feline specialist vet, who also feels that in appropriate circumstances
indoor/outdoor is a much better quality of life for a cat.

It can lead to periods of worry, as is evidenced by my last 36 hours,
however, it also had a good resolution and Lily is none the worse for
wear.

I can totally see your point of view, but we really do live under very
different situations.

Helen M    

I see so MANY fascists of the other persuasion that is kind of
refreshing to find you. Why don't you go argue with the morons who
think I should let WooToo, my mom's cat for six years who has never
been outside, out in an area where coyotes are fairly common. There IS
good tree cover which would make it fairly safe for many cats but
WooToo can't climb trees.

Helen is in a good place for cats being outdoors and knows what she is
about. I just hope that wascal comes home soon.

Will in New Haven