Nature Lover, Cat Lover…Should a Cat Go Outside?
Nature lover, Cat lover…a perspective. An outdoor cat is any cat that spends time outdoors including feral, stray, farm, unowned, and indoor/outdoor cats. An estimate from 2013 suggests that outdoor cats kill 1.3 to 4 billion wild birds and 6.3 to 22.3 billion wild mammals in the US, per year! And not all prey are quickly killed by cats. Many may be maimed or injured creating an even greater humane concern. One rehabilitation center in Minnesota admitted 5600 animals in 2019 that had been attacked by cats. Cats are considered just one of the many reasons for population decline of … Read more »