Does anyone else get frustrated with the indoor/outdoor cat debate?
I live in Canterbury and whenever I tell people that I have an indoor cat (who gets leash time) they think its crazy and stupid and that he must be miserable. I try explaining that 1. he is much safer being an indoor cat and his safety is my responsibility, 2. we have so much beautiful (and threatened) wildlife, and cats are a big problem when it comes to keeping our wildlife around, and 3. he has no health problems, he gets supervised harness time outside, and he has everything he needs. So I don’t understand why people in this country make it out like its crazy, or that I’m a bad pet owner. Maybe it’s different in places like Welly but here it’s very difficult socially, even though I know I’m doing the right thing.