As long as you spend time providing your cat proper enrichment to express their hunting instincts, an indoor cat will be just as happy as an outdoor cat.
In my experience it highly depends on the cat. Some are perfectly content with proper scratchers and toys inside, some just visibly suffer staying inside, it might help we are far from the busy city with plenty of green and huntable animals, but most of our cats spend ~80% of time outdoor during summer and ~30% during winter.
I’m not saying they are not killing birds, or mice, or small preys in general. I know they hunt. What I’m saying is that cats are invasive only in places they never where before human brought them (like Australia or small islands). In continental Eurasia, they have always been there, and the environment is adapted to their presence and will not significantly suffer, not more than any other predator.
As long as you spend time providing your cat proper enrichment to express their hunting instincts, an indoor cat will be just as happy as an outdoor cat.
In my experience it highly depends on the cat. Some are perfectly content with proper scratchers and toys inside, some just visibly suffer staying inside, it might help we are far from the busy city with plenty of green and huntable animals, but most of our cats spend ~80% of time outdoor during summer and ~30% during winter.
put a camera on them if you think they’re not killing birds. seriously.
I’m not saying they are not killing birds, or mice, or small preys in general. I know they hunt. What I’m saying is that cats are invasive only in places they never where before human brought them (like Australia or small islands). In continental Eurasia, they have always been there, and the environment is adapted to their presence and will not significantly suffer, not more than any other predator.