{"id":3588,"date":"2015-11-07T09:48:15","date_gmt":"2015-11-07T16:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/?p=3588"},"modified":"2015-11-30T10:34:45","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T17:34:45","slug":"minor-differences-hijenx-cat-special-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/?p=3588","title":{"rendered":"Minor Differences: HiJenx Cat Special, DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Only ten percent of cats in the UK are &#8220;indoor cats&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>I was surprised to hear that in the US, it is becoming\u00a0the norm to keep cats permanently indoors. Speaking to several cat owners, it was made apparent that the US is a more hostile environment for cats. Here&#8217;s the video from Washington, DC by a cat owner who is adamant that cats must be kept\u00a0indoors\u00a0to remain safe:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_79978\"  width=\"700\" height=\"394\"  data-origwidth=\"700\" data-origheight=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nq2gJ4zNfMw?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Later our journey, we heard horror stories about the untimely demise of cats in Texas. The expected dangers of life (rivals, cars, fleas etc.) are common to the US and UK\u00a0but a difference is that the US has dangerous predators.\u00a0Britain has been free\u00a0of wolves and bears for <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_extinct_animals_of_the_British_Isles\" target=\"_blank\">some time<\/a>\u00a0so cats are pretty much on top of the food chain. But the US has coyotes, bears, big\u00a0cats and some large birds\u00a0capable of wounding or killing cats.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1613\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screenshot-from-Stray-Cat.mp4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1613\" class=\"wp-image-1613 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screenshot-from-Stray-Cat.mp4-1024x576.png\" alt=\"&quot;Yum&quot;\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screenshot-from-Stray-Cat.mp4-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screenshot-from-Stray-Cat.mp4-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screenshot-from-Stray-Cat.mp4.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vulnerable cat<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3593\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-07-16-12.33.53.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3593\" class=\"wp-image-3593 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-07-16-12.33.53-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"2015-07-16 12.33.53\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-07-16-12.33.53-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-07-16-12.33.53-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3593\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Invulnerable cat<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only ten percent of cats in the UK are &#8220;indoor cats&#8221;. I was surprised to hear that in the US, it is becoming\u00a0the norm to keep cats permanently indoors. Speaking to several cat owners, it was made apparent that the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120,123,128],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cats","category-maryland","category-washington-d-c"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3588"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3588"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3594,"href":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3588\/revisions\/3594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}