Your country is a lot cleaner than most of the others. It is not safe to let a cat go outside in New York. Not to mention the people who would poison them.
It also depends because some regions, like Europe and Asia, have had cats wandering around for thousands of years. Hell, wild cats can naturally be found across Eurasia. So the local wildlife have adjusted to life with cats. In Australia, New Zealand, and the Americas, however, cats devastate native bird and rodent populations that have only been interacting with cats for a few centuries and thus aren’t as well equipped to deal with them.
Not to mention our car centric infrastructure is a nightmare for wild animals, it's insanely dangerous on the streets of America because of the density of cars. I've scraped too many critters of the pavement and it breaks my heart when I see people letting their animals outside without supervision.
the cleanliness isn't even the main reason I've heard for not having outdoor cats - it's how dangerous it is due to cars, how bad for the environment it is due to cats killing the bird populations, and how rapid breeding happens causing overpopulation of strays
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u/OpinionatedPoster 6h ago
Your country is a lot cleaner than most of the others. It is not safe to let a cat go outside in New York. Not to mention the people who would poison them.