Feline Issues
SFSPCA: Mandatory Cat Licensing: Ill-conceived and Ill-advised
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/10/2012The report begins with an indictment of the latest fad in animal control laws: The San Francisco SPCA has considered the various claims made for mandatory cat licensing legislation and has found little in the way of evidence - or…
NAIA WEIGHS IN ON FAA PROPOSAL FOR ANIMAL TRAVEL
By Patti Strand | Published: 12/8/2002More than two years ago, Congress passed the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2000 that directed the Federal Aviation Administration to write rules for a reporting system to be used by airlines when animals escaped, were injured, or died…
Is Russia the New Czar of Kitten and Puppy Mills??
By Marva Marrow | Published: 01/8/2001Val, a friend of mine, is a photographer’s representative for a celebrity photographer. She was recently on a photo shoot, and while chatting to the actor who was being photographed, he mentioned that he had an Oriental Shorthair…
Cats: “There Oughta Be a Law ...”
By Anna Sadler | Published: 10/25/1999In order for cities and towns to get a handle on solving any perceived problems with cats, they must first recognize that there are different types of cats. Perhaps the most foolish laws being entered on the books of cities and…
Dogs Will Be Dogs… But Cats Won’t
By Anna Sadler | Published: 06/10/1996Laws being proposed, and in some cases passed, throughout the country are lumping cat and dog issues together, and are no more appropriate than attempting to put that square peg into the round hole. These pets are two different…
