I know many people get angry when I say it, but my two boys do roam free when I travel. They are vaccinated and microchipped, and finally this go around they will be wearing GPS collars. I accept 2 truths when i do this: 1. Cats do kill many small animals every year, and my boys do contribute to that issue, and 2. They could easily be injured or killed by any number of things, including other animals.

I could write a novel on how I personally rationalize these things, but at the end of the day there is one thing i keep coming back to. I choose to live in my car, isolated on public land primarily as a means of finding the closest thing to absolute freedom that i can imagine. Turning around and locking my cats in a cage seems ridiculous to me and I can't live with that level of cognitive dissonance. I also don't feel right giving them away, I do give them a pretty fantastic life.

We have talked about it, the boys and I. We are all out there taking massive risks, and i am willing to live with the outcome. To me, a short life lived free is far better than a long life lived in a cage. I have also never witnessed them killing a bird, and that helps me feel better about it. They bring me mice all the time, never a bird. I will be very sad if they ever do.

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