[aqh88]

You say they are with the family more if they are outside then that means you are there supervising them and a cat shouldn't be able to attack them. It's one thing if they are outside with you in a safe pen that has a top and another for them to be running around in an unsecured pen without someone there to protect them. What about at night? Night time is when they are most likely to come under attack by both critters and people. Unless you stay up all night outside they are unsupervised and not protected for at least 6-8hours. Inside is where you are then and therefore inside is where they should be. When they are outside you should be within view of them and they should be in a pen with sturdy sides and a top. Anything else is irresponsible and no matter how many excuses you try to make it won't change the fact that there are more stories of pigs being killed or stolen than the number of safe ones you can come up with. Even if we say 1 in 10 pigs (it's much much higher than that) meet a bad end when left unsupervised outside do you want to take those odds? 1 in 100 is too bad of odds for me. Your taking the word of a few people over the many stories and greater range of experience that are on here and can be found across the internet.