cledus6150 said:
Cats serve one purpose in my mind and that is as an outside animal typically around a barn, with the primary use of catchin/killing rodents and snakes. I am also of the opinion that outside is for the animals and inside is for humans, extreme weather swings its allowable to let a pet in if its a dog no cats inside period.
My cat lives inside and goes out a few times a day. Most of the time she is lazy as hell, but she is definitely a killer. She's killed mice, birds (which we don't want), and at least one rat that we know of. We feed her all she wants, but that doesn't stop her from hunting and killing rodents and pests.
A couple years ago we were renting a duplex that was 10' from the one next to it. There was a retaining wall in between, and we kept our trash cans up against it where it made a corner with the fence. My wife was cleaning on a fall day and had left the sliding door open so our dog and cat could come in and out as they wanted. She heard the neighbor tell his daughter to get off the fence, and she replied, "But this cat just killed a giant rat!" My wife was like, "WTF? What cat?" Sure enough, our cat walked in a second later. My wife went out and looked behind the trash cans and there was a giant dead rat. The cat just snapped its neck and left it.
As far as I'm concerned, she's earned her spot indoors and continues to do so. I'm also a little concerned the murderous little tramp would kill me if I kicked her outside...