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cat curfew

**snakes_alive** — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 23:47:02 GMT

i cant wait until this is Australia wide and people have to keep their cats on their own property. it forces responsibility for your own pets.
cats kill so much wildlife, and they kill for fun not for food. it might stop half the dogs barking all night. and the owner can clean up their toileting rather then it be in next doors garden. and those endless litters bred because of owners laziness would be reduced immensly
i wonder how many people will cut the amount of cats they keep once they have to live with them only in their own yards and houses.

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/cat-curfew-to-run-24-hours-in-yarra-ranges-shire-20140312-34mfm.html

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bluecat*dancing — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 00:03:00 GMT

I think it is a great idea. My three cats are indoor cats and are only outside if wearing a harness. There is no valid reason to allow cats to roam freely and to not desex them is irresponsible.

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*crikey*mate* — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 00:07:02 GMT

great idea.

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**snakes_alive** — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 00:10:51 GMT

i would love to see compulsory desexing in both cats and dogs unless you are either a registered breeder or some sort of license to breed with all new pets being microchipped, vaccinated and desexed (unless the new owners have a breed permit)
something drastic has to happen to cut the over whelming amount of animals in shelters and being PTS
it all leads back to irresponsible owners though

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bluecat*dancing — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 00:22:49 GMT

There'll always be irresponsible pet owners but I do agree with what you say. It is also important that male cats are desexed and not just the females. Two of my cats came from a breeder who, as per breeder requirements, had them desexed before being rehomed. One of them is a retired queen. My older cat came from a breeder who was supposed to provide a desexing voucher but never did, so I had that cat desexed as soon as I realised that the voucher was not forthcoming.

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freddie*rooster — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 00:28:30 GMT

I'm shocked at the number of people I pass when I walk in the early hours of the morning with their dogs doing their toilet run, by the looks of it they only pick up the mess when there are people about.

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bluecat*dancing — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 01:02:14 GMT

That's pretty digusting, Freddie. My dogs were trained not to leave any deposits whilst out walking but a plastic bag was always carried just in case.

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freddie*rooster — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 01:17:45 GMT

I love doggies but i'm not fond of some owners

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icyfroth — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 05:25:00 GMT

totally agree with a cat curfew

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Anonymous — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 06:22:23 GMT

I think its a great idea too.

So many irresponbile cat owners.

on the G/C (dont know about anywhere else) they have plastic bags for dog owners to grab- its too easy.

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bluecat*dancing — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 07:51:47 GMT

We have that marvelous invention here, too, Duff.

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cat_mioux — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 08:27:02 GMT

Absolutely agree with a cat curfew 24/7.

My three cats are indoor/cat enclosure only. For some reason no one where I live keeps their cats indoors. They roam around my garden, they fight in the early hours, they all look scraggy and feral. I've counted at least half a dozen.

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freddie*rooster — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 08:41:58 GMT

@just*duff wrote:
I think its a great idea too.

So many irresponbile cat owners.

on the G/C (dont know about anywhere else) they have plastic bags for dog owners to grab- its too easy.

Our Council is broke Duffy, they don't have those luxury items here.

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Anonymous — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 08:51:03 GMT

it does seem like a luxury Freddie....spolit G/C ers. where I am, south of there, we dont have them either.