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Is it time to end cats' right to trespass?
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this post was submitted on 02 Aug 2023
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None of that produces anything like the American stats though (which tend to say lifespan for indoor cats is 15 and outdoor cats is 3 years).
By contrast, most vets I have talked to put the average lifespan for all pet cats in Aotearoa at around 15, and this tallies with my experience.
The majority of cats in NZ are "indoor/outdoor". We have one of the highest cat ownership rates at about 40% of households.
I myself have owned cats that lived into their 20s.
I think cars and dogs are likely to affect stats a little, but I've never run into any trouble with toxic plants or criminals!
Still, cat's safer indoors or only outdoors daytime. I see lost cat posts more often than I'd like to.
Definitely. Vets especially recommend keeping them in at night, because that's when most of the fighting takes place.