by Neil Sanderson | Dec 8, 2016 | Cat Restrictions
The Canadian city of Guelph is moving towards banning roaming cats within the next five years. Guelph City Council’s Committee of the Whole approved a new animal control bylaw on Monday, which includes a CAD$25 cat licence by 2018. The recommended bylaw goes to...
by Neil Sanderson | Jul 29, 2016 | Cat Restrictions, Cat Safety, Hostile Neighbours, Leg-Hold Traps
I was reading a story online about a roaming cat that got its paw stuck in a leg-hold trap set by a neighbour. This case was in the Canadian city of Regina – although we’ve certainly had similar occurrences here in New Zealand recently. Something else that...
by Neil Sanderson | Jul 27, 2016 | Cat Roaming, Cat Safety, Road Accidents, Wildlife Protection
Best-selling novelist and environmentalist Margaret Atwood, whose books include The Handmaid’s Tale, Surfacing and Alias Grace, has produced her first series of comic books, in collaboration with Nature Canada. Angel Catbird is the story of a superhero –...
by Neil Sanderson | Jun 28, 2016 | Cat Restrictions, Cat Roaming
And the trend continues. The Canadian city of Peterborough in the province of Ontario has just passed a bylaw that will make it unlawful for cats to roam. The new bylaw will “mandate cat owners to license their felines and keep them on their own property or on...
