[concerned about politics]

An indoor cat doesn't have the street smarts an out door cat has. The indoor cat doesn't understand fear. It doesn't understand predatory animals. It's been protected from those things all it's life.
Putting an indoor cat outside would be like letting your 5 year old hitch hike along a highway.

[NoGrayZone]

"The indoor cat doesn't understand fear. It doesn't understand predatory animals."

You are SO right about that! My 3rd, now 2nd (my eldest died in Dec) was a cat I took in from my backyard. He came with his pal (which my mom took). They were too clean and friendly to be strays so I knew they were abandoned in some way.

Anywho, before they were rescued I used to feed them crunchies outside. One night I went out to have a butt and there were 2 raccoons eating their crunchies and those 2 sitting right there, just looking at them!

Of course I freaked out and scared the raccoons away, but they really had NO idea what danger they were in.

Mimi (I thought he was a she when they were in the backyard, hence the name)has absolutely NO desire to go outside. She is very skittish as well. The vet estimated her to be between 9-11, poor thing has 4 teeth in her mouth, including 1 fang, which she gets me w/ all the time!