Whatever your views on outdoor cats, it’s unavoidable that indoor cats are safer to birds – a study from 2013 found that domestic cats kill billions of birds and mammals each year.

Ondine Evans has constructed an outdoor cat pen for her two cats, Butternut and Biscotti, so they are not a threat to local wildlife. Credit: Nick Moir In Victoria, councils can order cat owners ...

Cats are hunters, but most cat owners want to know how to stop cats killing birds because we’re not so keen on the gifts the bring us, especially if they’re bringing them in the house.