[notRobot]

If anyone here decides to put a collar (with or without a tracker) on a cat, please remember to use a breakaway collar!

These are designed to break off (as opposed to choking the cat) if they get caught on a fence or branch or something.

They cost next to nothing - and can save your outdoor cat's life.

https://www.petmate.com/the-importance-of-quick-release-cat-...

[gadders]

Our outdoor cat wanders the fields round our house, and loses a collar every couple of months. Occasionally the neighbours find them and return them. One of them looked like it had passed through a cow first.

[eatbitseveryday]

Necessary for indoor cats? I also don’t really understand why they are wearing a collar when it can break off - info gets lost and you may never find them.

[BrS96bVxXBLzf5B]

It's a safety mechanism, not an intended outcome. If your cat gets lost ideally you end up with a wandering collared cat. But of the other possibilities, a wandering uncollared cat is preferable to the snagged alternative.

[notRobot]

Indeed. Cat with no collar > cat who choked when their collar got caught on a fence.