http:\/\/www.dailyrepublic.com\/news\/business-local\/with-the-recent-cat-debate-exactly-what-are-the-laws-concerning-cat-ownership<\/a><\/p>\nThere are many other sites with information about cat laws for the US as well as the UK. It\u2019s quite an interesting study, actually, with a lot of controversy and mystery. But then the cat is a mystery and that is part of the problem in creating appropriate regulations.<\/p>\n
Today, I\u2019d like to leave you with a quote I found quite true. It\u2019s from a science fiction writer, Robert A. Heinlein. He says, \u201cNever try to outstubborn a cat.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Today, I thought we\u2019d talk more about laws involving cats\u2014some of them, I\u2019m pretty sure you didn\u2019t know about. It\u2019s interesting to me that there seems to be no data indicating that there were cats here in the US until … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1876,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875\/revisions\/1876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Today, I thought we\u2019d talk more about laws involving cats\u2014some of them, I\u2019m pretty sure you didn\u2019t know about. It\u2019s interesting to me that there seems to be no data indicating that there were cats here in the US until the 1600s when Europeans started settling here. Did they bring their household pets or were the first feline settlers the ships\u2019 cats\u2014brought on board for rodent control? As more people came, more cats came and those cats brought about more cats\u2014you know how it goes. Finally, there came a time when it was necessary to levy some laws upon the family cat as well as the cat-a-large. Well, it all started with larger animals such as cattle and horses. As you may recall, when watching old Westerns, stealing a horse or a steer was a hanging offense. But that was because these animals were worth something. People depended on them for their livelihood.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/AlyzayBirthday3-078-300x225.jpg\")
destroyed. In West Virginia, cats and dogs can run free if vaccinated against rabies. The state of Wisconsin requires that free-roaming cats wear a collar. The problem for most states and cities that create laws for cats are the enormous numbers of feral cats. In 2005, California was the only state with extensive laws regarding feral cats. For more on this and other laws as they were in 2005, here\u2019s a link.