Maybe, maybe not. But they're definitely happier lives for the 10-50 wild birds and 50-200 wild mammals a cat would kill each year. Domestic housecats will hunt

Maybe, maybe not. But they're definitely happier lives for the 10-50 wild birds and 50-200 wild mammals a cat would kill each year. Domestic housecats will hunt even when well-fed. "The greatest good for the greatest number of [sentient organisms]." https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/documents/keep-cats-indoors.pdf https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/documents/keep-cats-... https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms2380 https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms2380 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/moral-cost-of-cats-180960505/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/moral-cost-of-...