it's nice to hear that your cat had a good life. however your experience doesn't generalize, particularly your assessment of the risks and benefits. i watched

it's nice to hear that your cat had a good life. however your experience doesn't generalize, particularly your assessment of the risks and benefits. i watched a neighbor's cat get hit by a car and then die in my hands. the mortality rate for cats in my neighborhood is probably north of 20% per year (huge). it would be irresponsible to expose my cats to such risk when they're quite content already. mortality would have to be less than 1% (small) for me to reconsider.