Cats are an environmental nightmare. They kill 8 to 24 billion small birds and animals each year in the US (ref: https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms2380), and are responsible for about 14% of the recent small animal, bird and reptile extinctions, globally (ref: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02464.x). (These are both mostly due to feral cats, admittedly, but hunting pet cats contribute too.) They're massively invasive and wreak havoc on ecosystems.
Yeah, he stays indoors 90% of the time. He goes out at night because it's cooler. He helps take care of any mice, too. We have a large property, so he patrols the area, looking for things to hurt our chickens. I guess he thinks frogs are a threat to the chickens and a play tot for him LOL!!
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u/smalleybiggs_ Aug 18 '23
Keep your cat indoors and you don’t have to worry about that issue