Legislation Resources from Pets Directory

Cat Fanciers' Association Legislative Committee - Provides guidance to individuals or member clubs opposing unreasonable animal control legislation in their geographic area. Position statements and articles.

Cats Must be on Leads - A Hungarian town has issued a regulation that cats must be keep on leads.

CFA: Pedigreed Cats Face Extinction - Concern about the effects that the cat control laws will have on pedigreed cat breeding.

Dartmouth College Library: Cats - 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 - A proposal refered to as a “cat leash law” has been dropped by the Duncan administration.

Gazette.Net: Duncan Backtracks over Cat Control - County Executive Douglas Duncan orderes the county attorney to water down the proposed ban on cat roaming.

Gazette.Net: Keeping Felines in Line - Articles and reader responses to a Maryland county's attempt to restrict cats to their owners' property.

Gazette.Net: Keeping Felines Inline - County proposal would keep cats from roaming the streets.

Law Library Resource Xchange: The Domestic Cat and the Law - Guide to history cases legislation and texts.

Loony Laws about Animals - Remarkable laws about cats and other animals that have been passed.

NAIA: Dogs Will Be Dogs But Cats Won't - 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” - Anna Sadler looks at issues arising from “cat laws”.

National Pet Alliance Opposition to Coercive Legislation - Support to individuals and groups to assist in stopping coercive legislation.

New South Wales: Companion Animals Act 1998 - Australian state law that includes a provision for the control of cats.

Ordinance Limiting Number of Cats per Residence - Report on the Pennsylvania Court decision to strike down an ordinance that limited the number of cats that could be maintained in a single residence.

San Mateo County Pet Overpopulation Ordinance: A Legislative Failure - An evaluation of elements of the San Mateo ordinance with recommendations.

Santa Clara County Survey of Pet Population - Report of a scientific survey of pet ownership in Santa Clara County California with recommendations.

SFSPCA's Report on Cat Licensing - SPCA of San Francisco's analysis of the uses and drawbacks of cat licensing proposals.

The Cat and the Law - How the law has treated cats throughout history.

Victorian Domestic (Feral and Nuisance) Animals Act 1996 - Australian state law that includes a provision for the control of cats.[PDF and Word document]

Why Not Coercive Legislation? - The drawbacks of legislation as a solution to pet overpopulation issues.