:omg:Aaargh Ela, what awful images I have in my head just now. I never saw collars as being that dangerous & have personally never known any cats to have suffered through wearing one - fortunately! My biggest fear is of my youngest kitten going missing. We let her out at the weekend & stay with her, but even then she can't wait to get over the fence to explore. We are in a fairly built up area & there are lots of cats around. As such I am hoping that if she does disappear when we start letting her out more often, that someone will have the decency to call us if she goes missing. I know there is likely to be the odd nasty piece of work around, but I truly hope that nobody in my area would purposely hurt a cat. Also, based on what I have heard about the kitty collars, I believe them to be the safest option around should I feel a need for my cats to wear a collar.