For where we live in Kentucky now, cats are a way to keep critters down. People have lots, and when they get run over by cars (happens a lot), they just make more. Our neighbor has five or six cats, none of which ever see the inside of the house. We accidentally ran one down a couple months ago. We apologized and felt really bad, but they said “no big deal”. They treated it as if we had run down one of their chickens.
Cat’s don’t make people crazy around here, but they do keep the field mice down.
***Cat’s don’t make people crazy around here, but they do keep the field mice down.****
When we bought this place it was overrun with field rats. There were old rat traps everywhere under the house.
Eventually we ended up with about five stray cats and have not had a rat or mouse problem since.
I think you just described our house.
Although the kids would be upset I’d imagine. Me? Meh...