The crazy upside down world of RSPCA cat welfare

Tasmania’s new cat management laws come into effect today and rather than the usual palaver where the RSPCA pretend they’re looking out for the cats, they’ve jumped straight into the benefits – getting someone else to do the killing;

Under the laws only registered cat owners will be allowed to breed the animals to reduce the number of dumped kittens turning feral.

Owners who allow their unregistered cats to breed could face fines or have their pets confiscated.

Cat owners in rural areas will be forced to ensure their cats do not wander from home.

Farmers with livestock will be allowed to humanely kill stray cats if they are more than 1km from another house. Previously, landowners could kill dogs on their property, but not cats.

 

RSPCA chief executive Ben Sturges said the organisation welcomed the move.
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“We hope this legislation will ultimately see fewer feral cats and unwanted kittens coming through our shelters,” he said.

 

Notice how he didn’t say ‘these kinds of laws have reduced the number of cats coming into our shelters in other states’ because that wouldn’t be true. But at least now, when the shelter becomes swamped with confiscated owned and semi-owned cats, the hunters will be able to take care of the strays.