Indoor or outdoor cats

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I have seven happy inside/outside cats and one happy inside only cat (Sweet Annie)

And a couple of happy inside only fosters

My opinion is that we must take into account our own feelings, the local enviroment, our cats personality and history, before deciding how to let our cats live.

I think there are three acceptable options.

Inside only in dangerous areas
Inside/outside in safe areas
Inside with limited supervised outside access. This can be walking on a leash, cat run, fenced in balcony or supervised garden visits.

I judge dangerous areas on the following points...see table half way down draft page on which lifestyle choice is right for my cat.
http://www.piftails.com/insideoutside.html

I do not believe outside only is an acceptable solution for any domestic cat.