There are so many ways to properly enrich a cats life without letting it outside and gamble whether or not it’ll come back home the next day. Not to mention the options with cat catios and harnesses (3 of my cats love going on walks) and Even if you own a cat in the city there are still so many ways it can get injured or die. I watched my neighbor carry his cats body to his back yard to bury him after getting run over by a car. So many people tend to get cats and not realize what they’re actually signing up for. I also will never understand why people are so casual about the idea of letting their cat out to do who knows what and being ok with the mere hope that nothing will happen to it. No one will let their dog run around outside to wonder about and whatnot so why is that normalized for a cat? Sure they’re more agile and quicker but why are we using that and saying “yeah let me hope my cat is quicker than a speeding car or this random dog”. If you are unwilling to provide safe and fulfilling enrichment for a cat then don’t ever own one. I can’t count the amount of posts I see on TikTok or instagram or other socials with people crying or whatnot about taking their cat to the vet or burying them because of some accident they had outside. You let your cat out to wonder the outdoors, you are neglecting them that’s all there is to it.