Michael Price wrote:

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> Comments: for four reasons, it always baffles me that people who love their
> pets will allow them to roam, especially at night. The first, of course, is
> the ethical issue that cats kill so much wildlife, particularly birds;
> second is that free-roaming cats get run over and killed in traffic or
> injured by equally free-roaming dogs; third, free-roaming cats are at much
> greater risk of acquiring and dying from parasitical diseases; finally, cats
> roaming an area at night attract coyotes or other predators to neighborhoods
> where they may never have been before--then watch the number of 'Lost'
> posters for cats and small dogs skyrocket--and one cannot 'blame' the
> predator for taking advantage of such human irresponsibility. An owner can
> help the cat *and* wildlife by keeping the first inside and protecting the
> second outside; that way we can enjoy both, and for longer.
>

I agree!

We used to have a cat, and its whole world was the inside of our house. It was never
allowed outside. We never had to worry about it getting in fights or getting some
disease, or--killing birds.

Here is a interesting website:

http://www.wisc.edu/wildlife/extension/catfly3.htm

Jerry Converse
Grand Coulee, WA