Cats left to roam outdoors have less than half the life expectancy of cats cared for in the house or apartment. Too many potentially lethal problems out there, ranging from motor vehicles to disease to attacks from larger animals.
Stuffy the Slasher says “no way!” She is 12 yrs. old, a hunter and sort of wild; says she would be miserable living in the house with us humans. I think I shock her with static electricity; she acts like when I touch her it shocks her - so she is funny. Stuffy has her claws and has used them all her life to slash rowdy dogs and catch stuff to eat. The dogs, surprisingly, love her to distraction, and she also loves them. Half Persian, half Siamese and aloof, but loving in a wierd sort of way.