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When we lived in the UK it was considered cruel not to let them outside. If I’m honest I still believe that a little bit because I’m biased towards cats, but now we live in Canada and I would never let them out in case they get eaten by a coyote or something. I think a lot of people don’t realise how much of the culture clash is caused by the lack of natural predators for cats in some countries (particularly in Europe)
Oh 100%. Fuck terf island
I frequent a cat cafe/cocktail bar in Wuhan and the cats are never allowed outside. Meanwhile, the immediate upstairs neighbors owns at least 2 cats that only go inside at night, if they're home. So you have this situation where you have the outside cats staring at the indoor cats getting wet food and getting coddled by customers or napping next to a heater.
I'm pretty sure my indoor cats taunt the outdoor cats in my neighborhood. They'll sit high up in the window at night staring at them for a while, then they go get treats and keep staring.
Potential prey in the UK have adapted to cats. Ones in Canada have not.
Right. It’s all contextual
I have a German friend who wouldn’t adopt as she couldn’t let them outside. It’s two massively opposing views.
Edit; two, not too.