I also find it (the poll) very offensive.

As a proud responsible owner of two wonderful cats, I do NOT let my cats outside. They do sneak out once in awhile but venture into our neighbor's yard and that yard only. The neighbors are friendly and don't mind them but they don't "run at large" or dig in flower beds. they just lay under the trees in that yard but they are rarely outdoors because we live by a busy street and letting them out frequently is very irresponsible in my eyes because they could easily get killed by being hit by a car. that is my worst nightmare, that's why they are 99.9% inside.

My 5 wonderful dogs don't run at large either. they go outside to play and go potty and lounge in the sun with food and water provided. they hate being outside and are always indoors unless they are outside playing or lounging in the sun. they all have collars and tags and their current rabies tags and are only out of the yard to go for walks on leash.