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Law should require a license to keep more than 6 cats in a home

PoC avatarPosted on March 22, 2021 by Michael BroadMarch 22, 2021

There is a story today from Massachusetts, USA which convinces me that if a person wants to keep a large number of cats in their home a license should be mandatory. I have set the limit at 6 max. but … Continue reading →

Posted in restrictions on cat ownership | Tagged Animal laws, cat health care, cat hoarder, cat welfare, cats killed in fire, human health, ordinance, restrictions on cat ownership | Leave a reply

Is it illegal for a cat to poop on someone’s lawn?

PoC avatarPosted on November 14, 2020 by Michael BroadNovember 14, 2020

No, it is not illegal for a cat to poop on someone’s lawn. This is the general state of play on the planet. And it will seem an extraordinary situation to the person who owns the lawn where his neighbour’s … Continue reading →

Posted in restrictions on cat ownership | Tagged animal law, cat ownership, free-roaming cats | Leave a reply

Coronavirus tells us that Americans love their freedoms

PoC avatarPosted on November 7, 2020 by Michael BroadNovember 7, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic is escalating rapidly in the United States, as at the date of this post. There were 121,888 new cases of Covid-19 in the US according to data from John Hopkins University. Over the past seven days there … Continue reading →

Posted in restrictions on cat ownership | Tagged animal law, bad cat ownership, cat ownership, euthanasia of cats, feral cat problem, feral cats, law, shooting feral cats | 1 Reply

Governments can’t force cat owners to confine their cats to protect wildlife

PoC avatarPosted on November 2, 2020 by Michael BroadNovember 2, 2020

Cat owners must agree to confine their cats to protect wildlife – all of them ideally. In other words there must be a voluntary agreement by cat owners because it’s the only way to stop wildlife predation by domestic cats. … Continue reading →

Posted in restrictions on cat ownership | Tagged animal law, cat confinement, cat owners, cat predation, domestic cat predation, full time indoor cats | Leave a reply

Another nail in the coffin of free-roaming domestic cats?

PoC avatarPosted on September 19, 2020 by Michael BroadSeptember 19, 2020

NEWS AND ANALYSIS: if you read the online news media on the subject of cats as I have over more than a decade you have to notice a very gradual trend towards domestic cat confinement to protect wildlife. Attitudes are … Continue reading →

Posted in restrictions on cat ownership | Tagged animal law, cat confinement, Cat News, cat ownership, free-roaming cats, holland, Netherlands | Leave a reply

Citizens’ demand for freedom of choice undermines the quality of cat caregiving

PoC avatarPosted on August 9, 2020 by Michael BroadAugust 9, 2020

I believe that with respect to cat ownership there should be a nanny state in the USA and in the UK or anywhere else for that matter. The word “nanny state” refers to a government interfering in the minutiae of … Continue reading →

Posted in restrictions on cat ownership | Tagged animal law, Animal laws, bad cat ownership, cat ownership, responsible cat ownership, USA animal laws | Leave a reply

RSPCA South Australia say that cat management policies by councils are totally ineffective

PoC avatarPosted on July 23, 2020 by Michael BroadJuly 23, 2020

On my reading of the situation, RSPCA South Australia, are struggling to obtain the agreement of the federal government to instigate a comprehensive policy which they have devised and written up to “resolve South Australia’s cat crisis”. They describe the … Continue reading →

Posted in restrictions on cat ownership | Tagged animal law, australia, australia feral cat, australia law, South Australia, spaying and neutering, sterilising cats, TNR | Leave a reply

How many cats can you own in Michigan?

PoC avatarPosted on June 14, 2020 by Michael BroadJune 14, 2020

My research indicates that you can own as many cats as you want to in the state of Michigan, USA, but you will have to comply with the state’s animal welfare laws which insist that a pet owner does not … Continue reading →

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How many cats can you own in QLD?

PoC avatarPosted on June 14, 2020 by Michael BroadJune 14, 2020

The question asks how many cats can a resident own in Queensland, Australia? My research on the Internet was not as straightforward as I had thought it would be. There are two areas in Queensland where there are limitations on … Continue reading →

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Stasi-style cat curfew in Adelaide slammed by Brian May

PoC avatarPosted on February 27, 2020 by Michael BroadFebruary 27, 2020

Adelaide, South Australia, has introduced a cat curfew law which requires cat owners to keep their cats inside between 9pm and 7am the next morning. The idea is to stop domestic cats preying on Aussie wildlife. For the Australia authorities … Continue reading →

Posted in indoor outdoor cats, restrictions on cat ownership | Tagged animal law, australia, australia feral cat, australia law | 2 Replies

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