Sentences with phrase «lives than outdoor cats»

Cats kept exclusively indoors live longer, healthier lives than outdoor cats.

Indoor cats live longer, healthier lives than outdoor cats.

They're all carnivores by nature, but indoor cats have a much different life than outdoor cats.

Not exact matches

«Cats that range freely outdoors live shorter, more violent lives than cats on leashes or kept indoorCats that range freely outdoors live shorter, more violent lives than cats on leashes or kept indoorcats on leashes or kept indoors ``

As for danger, of course there are dangers outdoors, but my cats manage to live life on the wild side even when they're in the house — trying to jump onto the hot woodstove, or the kitchen stove, or the top of the kitchen cabinets, or balance on the top edge of the doors... good grief, they're worse than the kids!

Indoor cats often live more than 20 years, but outdoor cats — which are more likely to encounter illnesses, predators and busy streets — live half as long.

Studies have shown that indoor / outdoor and outdoor cats have much shorter lives than those cats that live exclusively inside.

Kittens and outdoor cats are more commonly affected with ear mites than dogs or felines that live indoors.

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Feral cats have been living outdoors near humans for more than 10,000 years.

In fact, for more than 10,000 years, cats have lived outdoor lives, sharing the environment with birds and wildlife.

As evidence, indoor cats live longer than their outdoor counterparts.

Cats have been living outdoors near us for more than 10,000 years.

The data also confirms that feral cats live healthy lives outdoors: less than half of a percent were euthanized due to medical issues.

They even go so far as to say that cats are better off dead than allowed to live naturally in their outdoor homes.

McWhorter is well aware that Hobbes and his sister, Calvin, lead a riskier life than her two indoor cats, Lucy and Ricky, but she inherited them from her home's previous owner and was afraid it would be hard for them to make the transition from outdoor to indoor cats.

You may want to consider why indoor cats live longer than cats that go outdoors.

I am told that on average indoor cats live longer than outdoor cats.

Cats who only live indoors lead longer, healthier and safer lives than indoor - outdoor cCats who only live indoors lead longer, healthier and safer lives than indoor - outdoor catscats.

Trying to domesticate a cat that has never lived indoors, and has been quite content and happy outdoors, would be no different than trying to make a raccoon or a squirrel a household companion.

On average, indoor cats live many times longer than outdoor cats.

Indoor cats live longer than outdoor cats.

So the cats who arrive on my doorstep as strays / dumped cats have, realistically, the following options: (1) if I don't intervene in their lives, they'll end up as feral cats, with short miserable life expectancies; (2) if I take them to the animal shelter, there's a better than 50 - 50 chance they'll be euthanized within thirty days; or (3) I can keep them as part of my crew of outdoor cats.

Fenced outer yards and cedar cottages provide a safe haven and home to more than 500 cats who prefer an outdoor life.

For instance, outdoor cats face more hazards than indoor cats, so their nine lives may not last quite as long.

Outdoor cats have a tremendously diminished life expectancy; some statistics suggest that, on average, free - roaming outdoor cats live less than 5 years as compared to the 12 — 15 (and even 18 — 20) years enjoyed by indoor - onlOutdoor cats have a tremendously diminished life expectancy; some statistics suggest that, on average, free - roaming outdoor cats live less than 5 years as compared to the 12 — 15 (and even 18 — 20) years enjoyed by indoor - onloutdoor cats live less than 5 years as compared to the 12 — 15 (and even 18 — 20) years enjoyed by indoor - only cats.

Statistically, indoor cats live seven years longer than indoor / outdoor cats that free roam.

The New York City Feral Cat Initiative is a coalition of more than 150 animal rescue groups and shelters whose joint mission is «to raise awareness about the thousands of... community cats living outdoors throughout NYC's five boroughs, to offer solutions to prevent the number of homeless cats from increasing, and to successfully manage existing colonies.»

No wonder indoor cats live an average three times longer than cats allowed outdoors.

They argue that any cat is better off dead than living a natural outdoor lifestyle.

Cats that live indoors have a much greater life expectancy than those allowed outdoors.

Much as Anne Fleming did with her survey of Rhode Island caretakers, Lisnik found that the population of outdoor cats living in her home state of Maine is far lower than some would suggest.

It's a known fact that the average life span of a cat with free access to roam outdoors is significantly shorter than those kept indoors.

An outdoor cat generally lives a much shorter life than an indoor cat.

It's true that indoor cats live healthier, longer lives than their outdoor counterparts.

With the assistance of a dedicated group of volunteers and Friends of Oakland Animal Services, OAS saved the lives of more than 5,000 homeless, injured, orphaned, unwanted, abandoned, and / or mistreated companion animals in 2015 alone (this includes all companion animals saved, not only dogs and cats), has one of the few nationally recognized rabbit programs in the country and features improved housing and indoor / outdoor play areas for animal enrichment.

Cats who walk outdoors have richer, happier lives than those who don't.

After all, keep in mind that outdoor cats tend to live much more active lives than the house cats who sleep at the side of our beds.

Outdoor cats and cats that live in catteries and multi-cat households are at greater risk for FIP than solitary, indoor animals.

The average life span of a cat that goes outdoors is less than two years, while an indoor cat often lives to be sixteen years old.

Outdoor cats tend to live much more active lives than the house cats who sleep on the side of our beds.

Note: It should be remembered that a cat who lives outdoors ages far more quickly, perhaps even twice as fast, than an indoor cat.

There, they also risk injury or death by dogs, cars, wild predators, disease, poison, and other hazards of outdoor life; even more so than clawed cats who retain their primary defenses.

With the recent addition of a new puppy and 2 cats to our farm — it looks more like a barn than a space for outdoor living.