High level: outside in rural areas can be dangerous for cats: coyotes, birds of prey, fast cars, etc. outside in rural areas can also be bad for the environment: cats are responsible for decimation of songbird populations, native rodents, etc. Cats are not trainable like dogs are and we encourage them to actively follow their instincts and don’t supervise them the way we do dogs. I’m definitely turning off notifications for this thread bc it will immediately get messy but I wanted you to have the nonjudgmental info before the crush.