What Is It with Americans and hating Europeans for letting Cats go outside?
I recently got Into a few arguments on a Sub Im on, my Cat brought In a brown Rat, you know, as Cats are designed to do.
Low and behold come the comments that I am a bad Cat owner for letting them go outside, not for the Cats safety BTW but because they destructive to Wildlife.
While I get that point, I tried tried to explain our houses were built different, Cats do not have any natural predators In the UK like In the US, the only thing they need to worry about Is mean Humans and Cars.
I went on to also explain that Its European and especially British culture to allow Cats freedom of outside, even telling them houses come with Cat flaps and they can come and go, I explained our houses dont have AC so In the Summer with my big patio doors open to the Garden, they told me the Cats should be shut On 24/7.
Even explained how my house backs on to a woodland and lots of big gardens but that didnt go down well either.
I just think Its odd, they got reallly passionate about It too.