An Indoor Cat is a
Happy
Cat
**Click
the arrow above, to see if you can make the cat speak to you!**
Our neighbors have
a beautiful black and white cat. It wears a collar.
They put it
outside every morning. I cringe when I see it, sitting on their doorstep.
"Why?"
you ask.
Because in the
outdoors, that beautiful cat is likely to be:
- hit by a
car
- poisoned
possibly by antifreeze [cats love the taste, and it's usually fatal]
or by ingesting some plant in the garden or flowerbed -
many plants are poisonous to cats
- chased and/or
injured by a dog
- chased and/or
injured by humans
- injured in a
fight with another cat
- choked by the
collar, if the cat gets caught in a tree limb or a branch
In addition, a cat
may catch a disease, from eating a mouse or a bird.
A cat may also
catch a disease from another cat.
Why would anyone
who cares for their pet cat, want to allow it to roam outside?
To allow a cat to
roam outdoors is truly a cruel thing to do.
Birds are killed
by cats, another reason to keep a cat indoors.
Bird lovers will thank you for doing so!
Want some more
info? Visit
The Cats Indoors
Campaign *
There's even a coloring page for kids.
*The
information is in .pdf format, so you will need the free
Adobe Acrobat
reader to view the information.
Go ahead and download it, if you don't have it on your
computer -- it's required at numerous websites, so
you'll use it more than once.
June 1, 2006
