• Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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    14 hours ago

    Well you might have heard of cars, highways and other such human created things that haven’t existed during all that time.

    Here’s one study where they examined the welfare concerns over unrestricted/unsupervised outdoor access (and other concerns). https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7070728/#sec5-animals-10-00258

    Also how are you mitigating the risk of “such dangers” for pets and children?

    I wouldn’t allow a cat or a small child to roam around unrestricted. It just seems due to the inherent threats pretty irresponsible.

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      10 minutes ago

      The study weighs the pros and cons of outdoor and indoor keeping. It also offers some ideas how to mitigate the cons. It’s an interesting study, you should ask someone to explain it to you.

      The study mentions that risk factors of outdoor keeping vary by location. There is no mention of historic risk and therefore no assessment how these may have evolved.

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        6 minutes ago

        If you read the conclusion it does say it would be better to keep your cats indoors because of all the associated risks. You just seem to be in denial about the whole thing and I don’t blame you, it’s a really emotional topic for some reason.

        The study mentions that risk factors of outdoor keeping vary by location. There is no mention of historic risk and therefore no assessment how these may have evolved.

        You really need a study to say to you that thousands of years ago cars weren’t as much of a risk?