No, don't own cats, don't hate them either.
I normally leave my girls out all day- until I find out what's up, they'll be in the run until I'm home from work.
Who knows, maybe the thing wouldn't harm them, I'd hate to find out the hard way though.
Yesterday I hear the warning bawks out back. My austrolorp and wyandotte are just raising cane! I look around and see a cat perched on my 6 ft cedar fence eyeing up my birds. I chased him off. I went around to all my neighbors to inquire about this particular vermin and nobody admits to it being...