Well, actually, cats are more in the nature of friends than of pets, if you ask me, and I don't bell my friends or restrict their movements. Cats are free spirits. Likewise, the birds in your yard and the squirrels in your trees are happier moving about freely, than they would be ensconced safely inside a cage. They also drop their droppings wherever they please, and are equally charming in themselves, behaving as free creatures, same as the cats do. That's life. Live with it, I say, and enjoy it.

- LH