I rescued an outdoor cat when she was pregnant. She never wanted to be outside again once we got her indoors. She cried like a fool when we did try to put her outside once. I see your point in that some cats are meant to be outside. Some aren't. I've never had a cat that tried to get outdoors. And, it's not a matter of my cats not knowing what they were missing, because, with the exception of Lock (a one year old Bengal), all of my kitties have had the opportunity at some point to go outdoors and turned it down. My RB kitty, Dusty, for the first three years of his life, was indoor/outdoor. But, when we moved overseas, we decided to keep him strictly indoors. He never even tried to get outside, even the first night we were in our new home in Germany. So, I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you. I just think there are cats that might.I've seen cats that you couldn't keep indoors, for sure. And, for those, give them the health care and the nutrition if you're able to, and, leave them to their defenses, because they probably ARE happier out there. But, just like dogs and people, you have adventurous outdoor types and you have homebodies. I've been fortunate enough to always have kitties that prefer to be indoors.
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