Outdoor Cats Spark Debate Over Wildlife, Pet Safety And Neighbor Rights: Block Talk

The great outdoor-cat debate is alive and well, with Patch readers largely agreeing that unmanaged cats cause problems (think: dug-up gardens, dead songbirds, and very unhappy dogs) but splitting hard on what to do about it. Solutions floated range from keeping cats strictly indoors to trap-neuter-return programs, with a few neighbors opting for motion-activated deterrents while others just wish people would talk to each other before things get scratchy.