Yes this is troublesome, but as an owner of two cats, I can tell you keeping them inside is equally troublesome. I can tell my one athletic cat is not fulfilled

Yes this is troublesome, but as an owner of two cats, I can tell you keeping them inside is equally troublesome. I can tell my one athletic cat is not fulfilled. No amount of cat furniture or toys keeps him from clawing desperately at the door for his escape. I got cats because I've just always had them and I thought nothing more of it, but now I think I know better. I think it's honestly an ecological disaster that cats are kept as pets, period. If they are indoors, then there is the litter box issue. Outdoors, they kill all the local birds. Cat's are not domesticated in the same way that dogs are. Dogs can be trained and have instincts that lend themselves to human interaction. Cats are very much wild animals that just enjoy the free ride that comes with living near humans.