[doughj3]

> ... will likely have negative effects on its health

Indoor cats have lifespans multiple times that of outdoor cats, so I think the alternative has negative effects on health, too.

[SamReidHughes]

Outdoor cats do okay, the ones I grew up with lived to be 16 and 21. It depends on where you live, what predators they might have to face.

[y4mi]

My family had several cats over the time I grew up. All could go outside whenever they wanted.

The oldest got to 8 yrs.

Most died of organ failures, one from a genetic illness and another one never came back.

The Organ failures were probably from rat poison... So, the outside killed them

[leetcrew]

that's great, but on average outdoor cats really do live much shorter lives. [0]

[0] https://pets.webmd.com/cats/features/should-you-have-an-indo...

[adetrest]

Anecdote, data, all that.