My opinion on caging a cat for its entire natural life............(and please know that I have NOT read this thread through, only your first post about what you'd like to do)

I truly don't think it is a suitable situation, but this is only MY opinion. I know that people keep dogs in outdoor kennels or runs and think that is an OK situation and that people keep barn cats who have no real part in the family's life except to live outside and kill rodents. But to adopt a PET and then exclude it from the love of the family home seems a bit selfish to me. YOU want a cat and that seems to be all you are concidering. Would you want your precious Simba to live in an outdoor run (even an elaborate one) for the rest of his natural life??

I can tell you this, any rescue group that screens their potential adopters would NOT adopt to a family if they knew this was your intention.