Reply #22: I know how you feel. Cats seem so happy when they get outside. I lost

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a kitten to the outside street when he was one year old. That hit me hard. The next cat I had was scared of traffic so I trusted that I could let him outside and he would run into the backyards to get away from the noise of the traffic. No worries there. Then I moved again and felt that I really couldn't let my cats out. The lifetime of a cat is cut in half if you let them out. Today both of mine got out - and I let them. They hung out on the porch and didn't go far. When i let them in I promised myself that that would be it. I'd rather my cats have to make their own fun inside (which they do) than loose another one to the streets.