A sad story ..but thought i would share.

[MineralMan]

5. No, it isn't. However, posting such a thing in a

thread about a cat that died is insensitive and cruel.

I'm a cat owner. My cats are indoor cats now, but my cats in California were indoor/outdoor creatures, with a cat door they could go in and out of at their pleasure. In Minnesota, that doesn't make much sense.

I've never had a cat killed by a predator, and I've owned a couple dozen of them.

If I lived in a place with predators that killed cats, I would not allow mine outdoors, of course.

There is a place for posts about keeping cats indoors. That place is not a thread about someone whose sister just lost a cat to a predator. To insert such a post, stated as you stated it, is unkind. Being blunt to the point of causing emotional harm is not appropriate in any way.

I"m sorry, but I stand by my post.