Woah TwisterDog! That was HARSH! My neighbors' cats come to my yard all the time and I honestly don't have a problem with it. They just come, walk around on the fence, relax in the sun for a bit and get up and go some place else. Honestly, I cannot compare roaming cats to roaming dogs. Totally different animal, totally different behaviors. It doesn't compare in any way. Cats roaming around usually just walk around minding there own business. They usually will never hurt a human or child, and do not cause any threat to local inhabitants. They might stomp/poop in gardens, but I have grown many vegetable plants and flowers in our garden, and the cats that come never touched them, nor have they ever pooped in our yard. I don't have a problem with cats roaming free. They mind their own business.

Now for dogs roaming free, I have met several, and they were NIGHTMARES! They had no one with them, roaming free, running back and forth across the streets, chasing people and barking there heads off, and trying to bite anyone they could get their teeth on. A dog roaming alone can very well be a threat to people/children/other pets on the streets. *Note, I'm talking about dogs roaming ALONE, not those with owners and on a leash* Dogs don't normally roam alone, but sometimes irresponsible owners don't care to securely lock their dogs in their yards and let them go out into the dangerous world, where not only can there be dangers for the dog, but an unattended dog *can* very well be a danger for people and other smaller pets. I don't mean to condemn dogs in ANY way. I just mean to say that roaming cats are not comparable to roaming dogs. I would rather have 10 cats roaming alone on my street, than one dog roaming alone with no guardian.

I don't have a problem wth cats roaming in my yard as long as they don't cause mischief or poop. They never have. Kitties have a place in this world too, and the outdoors in not just for humans. Its for animals too, and animals don't need a visa to go anywhere. They just go. Just my 2 cents.