Are caracals legal in Alabama?
Of all the smaller wild cats the caracal is generally more predisposed to accepting the role of human pet! So, can a citizen of Alabama own/possess the medium-sized wild cat called the caracal as...
Animal laws / Caracal / exotic pets / Human to cat relationship / laws on exotic pets / Wild Cat Species
September 19, 2023
Of all the smaller wild cats the caracal is generally more predisposed to accepting the role of human pet! So, can a citizen of Alabama own/possess the medium-sized wild cat called the caracal as...
Animal laws / exotic pets / Human to cat relationship / laws on exotic pets / Puma / puma conservation / Wild Cat Species
September 19, 2023
No, you cannot own a large wild cat in South Carolina. What do they mean by a ‘large wild cat’? They mean these cat species: lions, tigers, leopards, jaguars, cougars, cheetahs, snow leopards, and...
Animal laws / Caracal / exotic pets / Human to cat relationship / laws on exotic pets / Wild Cat Species
September 19, 2023
Yes, you can own a caracal in North Carolina but you’ll need permit to import this medium-sized wild cat. The North Carolina law on this is limited and sparse. It is strange and also,...
Animal laws / cat ownership restrictions / restrictions on cat ownership
September 6, 2023
There’s a very different approach to youngsters owning cats in the United States and in the United Kingdom. In the latter the law is spelled out in a section of the country’s main animal...
Animal Cruelty / Animal laws / bestiality / Law
September 1, 2023
As of June 2021, the US states of Hawaii, New Mexico, West Virginia, and Wyoming did not have laws against bestiality according to Cornell Law School (wrong? Please tell me in a comment). I...
Cat News / exotic pets / Human to cat relationship / Lion / lion / pet lions / Wild Cat Species
August 23, 2023
Location: Sabahiya a suburb of Kuwait City, Kuwait, Middle East. The title to this article is click bait. I am not immune to using click bait from time to time. But the video is...
Animal laws / closing puppy mills / Dog news
August 21, 2023
Joyce Cohen who sits on the advisory board of the Pet Animal Care Facilities Act of, I believe, the Aurora City Council, said that pet stores are simply unviable i.e. they can’t make enough...
Animal Cruelty / Animal laws / Animal Rights / Law
August 13, 2023
New York State’s animal protection laws are comprehensive and extensive which is unsurprising to me as it is one of just two US states which ban cat declawing (Aug 2023). The governing politicians are...
animal abuse / animal abuse / Animal Cruelty / Animal laws / Cat News / police / police
August 11, 2023
The animal welfare law protecting the domestic animals (pets) of Texas is encompassed within a statute that is much wider in its ambit and which also includes livestock. The law is called: PENAL CODE,...
Animal laws / Cat History / Law
July 19, 2023
It seems likely, but I can’t be absolutely sure, that the first American welfare laws in America were published in 1641 by the Puritans of Massachusetts Bay. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was one of...
Animal Cruelty / Animal laws / animal lovers / Animal Rights / animal rights activist / killed / killing cats / sentience / transportation / travel
June 20, 2023
This cat news story has two aspects. Firstly, it concerns the violent death of a domestic cat travelling on a train with their owner. The cat escaped from their carrier while the train was...
animal abuse / cat death / Cat News / cat welfare / crime / human behavior / human to human relationship / killing cats / neighbour dispute / trapping cats / violence and aggression
June 3, 2023
OPINION and comment on the latest news. Background: we know that in the United States there are many property owners who hate domestic and stray cats wandering onto their property. Cats can wander as...
Animal laws / cat associations / cat breeders / Cat Breeding / Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA) / Cat Fancy / crime / inbreeding depression / key appearance characteristics / Law / Maine Coon
May 28, 2023
It seems to me that animal welfare laws which are usually under statute (an ‘act’) don’t apply to dog and cat breeders or any other breeders for that matter in respect of an important...
data protection laws / Law / lost cat / microchipping / police / reunited / Veterinarians
May 25, 2023
Micro-chipping your cat is considered to be the default situation in developed countries in 2023. It’s a necessity. It’ll become a legal obligation in the UK. That’s all well and good. But micro-chipping doesn’t...
Animal laws / Caracal / exotic pets / Law / laws on exotic pets
May 24, 2023
Please note that this is correct at May 24th 2023. The law evolves and changes albeit slowly so it might not be correct in the future. I can keep this fairly short although the...