Broader adoption of keeping cats safe at home would have large benefits for cat welfare, human health, local wildlife and even the economy. So, should cat owners be required to keep their pets contained to their property?
The answer to the question is obviously “yes”.
The alternative being taking a cat from a shelter and setting it loose on all your neighborhood birds? And that’s just nature and it’s normal, right?
Birds can fly, and cats only eat the slow ones, they’ll be better off as a population in the long run.
A lot of the world is missing natural predators too and prey populations explode as a result (ie wolves and deer)