Ours would stay out at night, too, if we still allowed it. It’s hard to get them inside before dark. But we have to because of the coyotes, which have multiplied over the years.
Farmers had wiped them out several years ago because they were killing livestock but the wildlife people brought more in. Needless to say, farmers see one of those people in their uniforms, they see a target with a large bulls eye. I sure do.
The “wildlife people” could care less about regular people and their lives. They haven’t a clue what harm they’re doing. As long as THEY feel good. Grrr!
The same has happened here...but out in the country, sometimes I still see coyote bodies hanging on the fences. As a warning.