I was right there until the blood money bit. It’s still the wrong solution, but with carbon offsets. But yeah, keep your cats inside. ESPECIALLY AS YOU NOT HAVING TO CLEAN UP YOUR CAT’S POOP MEANS SOMEONE ELSE HAS TO!
I take my cats out every day for supervised porch time. One of them loves going on ‘walks’ around the neighborhood, which is really just me carrying her around the block. No birds, squirrels, chipmunks, butterflies, or wasps have been harmed.