Reply #78: I live in a rural area that is getting

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more houses and people moving here daily that think since it is rural it is ok to let their cats (and dogs) run free. There are a bunch of bluebirds live by the single lane bridge a couple miles away and a bunch of cardinals living in bushes about a mile down the road. Never fails that at least once a week there is someone's dead pet cat along the road in one of these two places. Those are the ones we can see from the car.Cars got them as they hunted the birds. We are seeing more pet dogs lying along the road after losing to a car too. Rural does not make it safe, animals travel and there are still roads. My cats (ferrets too)are indoor only, even the ex-ferals that we rescued from outdoor misery and still miss going outside. My dogs stay contained to the yard or on leash always. It is just not worth the heartache to me to let mine run.