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Is it time to end cats' right to trespass?
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this post was submitted on 02 Aug 2023
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Definitely agree with that, there's no reason every pet cat shouldn't be mircochipped (and most desexed).
I agree the research definitely says cats are better off indoors overall, especially if they also have a catio. I'm not sure whether older cats can easily be transitioned to indoor life. Our cat has a curfew which she adapted to quite easily, but I think if we made her 100% indoors, she would not do well. A catio might help, but wouldn't be the most practical at our place and would be expensive to build.
Our cat was born in a barn and is definitely an outdoor cat. We kept her in as a kitten when we first got her and she definitely went a bit stir crazy. I think it would be cruel to keep her indoors all the time.
Before we had a cat certainly the neighbourhood cats could be annoying but we befriended a few. Humans certainly have a huge sense of entitlement when it comes to ownship of the world and I think it is starting to bite us in the ass.
Except in this case they're only here because of humans, which in my opinion makes them -- and managing their impact on the ecosystem -- our responsibility. It's not really entitlement to want to do that.