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Websites about existing and proposed laws affecting cats and cat ownership.

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• Cats Must be on Leads

  http://www.igorilla.com/gorilla/animal/2001/cats_curtailed_in_hungary.html
  A Hungarian town has issued a regulation that cats must be keep on leads.

• Dartmouth College Library: Cats

  http://www.dartmouth.edu/~library/Library_Bulletin/Nov1990/LB-N90-Journey.html
  Commentary on a message by Governor of Illinois, Adlai Stevenson when he vetoed a 1949 cat bill passed by the state legislature.

• Gazette.Net: County Proposes Letting Cats Roam if They'll Behave

  http://gazette.net/gazette_archive/1998/199846/montgomerycty/county/a45983-1.html
  A proposal, referred to as a “cat leash law” has been dropped by the Duncan administration.

• Gazette.Net: Duncan Backtracks over Cat Control

  http://gazette.net/gazette_archive/1998/199839/montgomerycty/county/a47981-1.html
  County Executive Douglas Duncan orders the county attorney to water down the proposed ban on cat roaming.

• Gazette.Net: Keeping Felines in Line

  http://gazette.net/gazette_archive/1998/199838/germantown/news/a48256-1.html
  Articles and reader responses to a Maryland county's attempt to restrict cats to their owners' property.

• Loony Laws about Animals

  https://user.xmission.com/~emailbox/loonylaws.htm
  Remarkable laws about cats and other animals that have been passed.

• NAIA: Dogs Will Be Dogs, But Cats Won't

  http://www.naiaonline.org/body/articles/archives/catsdogs.htm
  An article by Anna Sadler about laws that lump dog and cat issues together.

• National Animal Interest Alliance: Cats “There Ought to be a Law”

  http://www.naiaonline.org/articles/article/cats-there-oughta-be-a-law
  Anna Sadler looks at issues arising from “cat laws”.

• National Pet Alliance Opposition to Coercive Legislation

  http://www.fanciers.com/npa/coercive-legis.html
  Support to individuals and groups to assist in stopping coercive legislation.

• New South Wales: Companion Animals Act 1998

  http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/disp.pl/au/legis/nsw/consol%5Fact/caa1998174/?query=title+(+%22companion+animal+act+1998%22+)
  Australian state law that includes a provision for the control of cats.

• San Mateo County Pet Overpopulation Ordinance: A Legislative Failure

  http://www.fanciers.com/npa/sanmateo.html
  An evaluation of elements of the San Mateo ordinance with recommendations.

• Santa Clara County Survey of Pet Population

  http://www.fanciers.com/npa/santaclara.html
  Report of a scientific survey of pet ownership in Santa Clara County, California with recommendations.

• The Cat and the Law

  http://www.bartleby.com/234/6.html
  How the law has treated cats throughout history.

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