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Some governments have introduced, or are considering, harsh laws to control cats. These include:
- Registration and limiting cats per household
- Compulsory identification
- Compulsory desexing
- Compulsory confinement and night curfew
- Cat-free zones
Underlying this approach is the belief that if restrictions are applied to owned cats, all other cats can be caught and killed, and any cat-related problems will magically disappear.
It is assumed that:
- all cat owners will comply with the legislation
- compliance can be checked
- all unowned cats can be caught and killed.
All these assumptions are wrong.