Cats with OA can not easily defend themselves from attack, nor can they evade
other outdoor dangers.
Not exact matches
While some parents feel like times have changed and allowing kids to play
outdoors unattended is a bad idea,
others feel like overparenting is the real
danger to a child's development.
But now, despite having called
outdoor cats a serious
danger to ground - nesting birds, endangered beach mice and
other animals, the commission has done almost nothing to implement its policy.
Cats who are free to roam
outdoors have less of a home base, and face all kind of
dangers on a regular basis: cars, predators,
other cats, exposure to disease and poisons found from waste or natural substances.
Unfortunately, there are many
other dangers in the great
outdoors that can injure or kill an unsuspecting animal.
A cat's lifespan is dramatically increased by making sure they are safely confined to your home and not subjected to cars, coyotes, and
other dangers in the great
outdoors.
The
outdoor dangers range from diseases and injuries from battles with
other cats (who can also be the source of those diseases), to predators such as owls and
other large birds of prey, to roaming dogs, or their wilder counterparts such as foxes, and of course, the very real
danger posed by cars.
If the kittens are birthed
outdoors, they are more susceptible to predators, among
other dangers.
When city residents want mousers for outbuildings or have allergies and want
outdoor pets, Siers visits these locations to evaluate major roads and
other potential
dangers.
Birthing kittens
outdoors leaves them vulnerable to predators and
other dangers (plus you miss out on all the fun of seeing the newborn kittens!).
These reasons include to eat, drink, go
outdoors, go for a walk, searching for him in the house, calling him away from
danger, calling him to come to you in a large park and many
other reasons that will arise throughout his lifetime.
Outdoor cats are subjected to not only more
dangers such as
other predators, cars etc, but also disease carried by insects, mice, birds etc they may ingest, that an indoor cat is not subjected to.
Outdoor cats face dozens of
dangers, including cars,
other cats ready to fight for love or territory, and exposure to fleas, ticks, worms, as well as sickness or death from eating spoiled food or household poisons.
Outdoor hazards are obvious such as: volume of traffic, incidence of disease, a cat's ability to protect itself (deaf, partially sighted, frail), its
danger to
other cats (if it has a transmissible disease), predation upon vulnerable wildlife, any
danger to humans (a British cat, Gizmo the postman hater, had to be confined for the safety of postmen and
other delivery men),
danger from humans (e.g. gamekeepers), spilt car antifreeze and garden chemicals.
If you walk or hike
outdoors, you know the
danger of a dog or
other small animal attacks.