# Should this be an indoor cat, and outdoor cat, or both?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-be-an-indoor-cat-and-outdoor-cat-or-both/703920>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 6, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-be-an-indoor-cat-and-outdoor-cat-or-both/703920 "2014-11-06T19:56:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-be-an-indoor-cat-and-outdoor-cat-or-both/703920/21 "2014-11-20T21:37:56Z")

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Aww, shit. I’m sorry.  
He was a really beautiful cat.

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**Author:** ![activgurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@activgurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/activgurl)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-be-an-indoor-cat-and-outdoor-cat-or-both/703920/22 "2014-11-21T13:05:55Z")

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That answers the OP, I guess. Outdoor cats have a lot of obstacles to overcome. Disease, weather, cars, and predators. So sorry that Philo failed his survival test.

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-be-an-indoor-cat-and-outdoor-cat-or-both/703920/23 "2014-11-21T17:10:13Z")

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That’s awful, **gwendee**. I’m so sorry ☹

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