If your kid wants to frolicking around in the woods in bear country, it would be reasonable for you to tell him to watch his back. Or go with him and watch his

If your kid wants to frolicking around in the woods in bear country, it would be reasonable for you to tell him to watch his back. Or go with him and watch his back yourself. Or if neither could be managed, you should tell him to stay inside. What's not reasonable is calling for the extermination of bears to turn nature into a sanitized Disneyland experience safe for unattended young children. Mapping this analogy back to cats, you should either tell your cat to watch his back, watch your cat's back yourself, or keep your cat indoors. Really though, just do the last one. If your son hunted the north american songbirds your cat kills, he'd be a felon. If you want your cat to be happy, buy some cat toys.