The problem also includes cities that do not participate in Trap / neuter / release programs and actually make it illegal for people to properly care for feral cat colonies (the only solution has proven to work) by using
cat leash laws, licensing laws, abandonment laws or pet limit laws to make TNR illegal — and thus, leading cities to kill every feral cat that comes into their shelter.
Proponents of
cat leash laws claim that cats should only live indoors in human homes, and that if they are allowed outdoors it should only be at the end of a leash.
Also most areas now have
cat leash laws which means that if you allow your cat to roam unsupervised you are breaking the law.
Not exact matches
People just don't seem to realize there is a
leash law for
cats, just like there is for dogs.»
The commission wants local governments to pass and enforce strict
leash laws that include
cats, as well as dogs.
What to look for:
laws mandating that
cats be kept either indoors or on
leashes (i.e., prohibit
cats from being «at large»).
Leash laws also harm pet
cats.
In the end,
leash laws send more
cats to shelters where over 70 % are killed nationwide.
Often known as «
leash laws,» these regulations prohibit
cats from being loose in the community.
Leash laws that require domestic animals be kept on their owner's property, and under their owner's control, are lethal for community
cats.
Why they harm
cats:
leash laws are dangerous because any
cat who is outdoors — whether she is someone's pet who is outside for a period of time, either intentionally or by accident, or a community
cat — is subject to impoundment.
Removing at - large provisions or
leash laws, or exempting community
cats from this type of provision, allows healthy community
cats to go through a TNR program and continue to live and thrive in their outdoor homes.
Leash laws are especially lethal for feral cats, who do not have traditional «owners» to leash them and whose natural habitat is outd
Leash laws are especially lethal for feral
cats, who do not have traditional «owners» to
leash them and whose natural habitat is outd
leash them and whose natural habitat is outdoors.
Leash laws are incompatible with Trap - Neuter - Return, because community
cats are by nature free - roaming, and they don't have an owner whose property they can stay on.
We have two small dogs and must constantly contend with loose
cats and
cat droppings in our neighborhood while we walk our dogs on
leashes and pick up after them as required by
law and common courtesy.
There are no
leash laws for
cats in Vermont, and
cats are allowed to roam outside.
Leash laws apply to
cats as well as dogs in many counties.
Chandler acknowledges that city
laws require
cats as well as dogs to be on
leashes when they are off private property, but she said the latest move is not going to help.
Within the city, there is no
leash law for
cats.
We have never owned more than two at a time, however we have been twice charged with a violation of the Athens
leash law for our
cat wandering into Nico's yard.
It was peculiar that when I requested to be shown the legal violation, that Patrick [Rives], Nico's boyfriend, and head of animal control, handed a copy of the dog
leash law with the word «dog» crossed out and «
cat» hand - written in.
And although some people like to allow their indoor
cats roam outdoors, if your
cat leaves your property (within city limits), you are breaking the
leash law and your
cat may be picked up by animal control.
Too many dog owners don't do so well with this
law, yet how many
cats do you see on
leashes?
«I don't think unowned
cats should be getting special dispensation, when
law - abiding
cat owners are making sure their
cats are vaccinated, kept on
leashes and following all these rules,» Ellis said.
There are no
leash laws for
cats and
cats are permitted to roam freely.
Keeney also holds Dauphiné responsible for «
leash law» fines he was forced to pay when his
cats escaped the house, the continuing threat of which forced the family to give up Jake, a kitten loved dearly by his children.
Investigating and enforcing Animal Control By -
laws in communities (e.g., off
leash dogs, barking, licensing of dogs /
cats)
Examples include
laws that prohibit
cats from being at - large (so - called
leash laws), require licenses for all
cats, ban the feeding of any animal outdoors or limit the number of pets a person can own (with «own» defined as feeding, harboring or similar language that would apply to a colony caretaker).
Within the County there is no
leash law for
cats.
County Animal Control director Bob McIntosh said the 20 to 25
cats roaming the apartment complex violate county
leash laws and that he has placed a trap to catch the critters.
Arizona
law states that
cats are free roaming and there are no licensing,
leash, or mandatory spay / neuter
laws for
cats.