How do you enforce cat laws? You can’t ask a cat if it is desexed, so do you check the ear of the cat for a tattoo? Check the undercarriage for harblz?
Well, often you won’t be able to catch said cat, so you’ll just have to start heavying people you suspect may be the cat’s owners;
“The State Government’s cat registration laws will turn council workers into “feline fascists” by giving them more powers than police to collect evidence from suspects…
The legislation includes a clause that empowers council workers, once lawfully in a home, to “examine, seize, copy or take extracts from any documents relevant to an offence” or “take photographs, films and audio, video or other recordings”.
It also allows the worker to direct a person to answer questions and take “any other reasonable action” necessary to collect evidence.”
Do councils get these extraordinary powers based on enormous success with these laws in other states? Notsomuch…
Does anyone else see a trend towards extraordinary powers for use against pet owners?
See also: Cat laws are unenforceable
WA cat ‘advocates’ support programs to increase killing
