As I said, some not particularly wise cats thrive as indoor. I had such a cat I traumatized MUCH as a child until I decided fuck it, she must know the outdoors. Harness is best. She had a collar. There are absolutely no stray dogs, racoons or coyotes in our saint bruno town. The worst she met is coyotes in her head: squirrels that were weird to her. In fact, there are racoons and she met them. I did not know. We are HUGE birders at my parents and sister's house. Yes, it was in the decalwing eras. I did it. I was 8.