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| Topic Started: May 25 2012, 03:03:42 PM (247 Views) | |
 BIX
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May 25 2012, 03:03:42 PM Post #1 |
Boner-fide Bonza Bloke
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Below maybe of interest to any WA catlovers. This bit caught my eye: The state government today announced $3.24 million in sterilisation subsidies for pensioners and other health-care card-holders. Do you think sterilisation of pensioners and health care card holders should be allowed? :whistle: Cats in WA bound for kitty prison AAP 25May12 RANGERS will use commonsense in seizing domestic felines that have been deemed to have committed an offence under WA's new cat laws. The Cat Act 2011 - which passed through the Legislative Assembly in November and requires cats to be sterilised, microchipped and registered - is to take effect on November 1. The state government today announced $3.24 million in sterilisation subsidies for pensioners and other health-care card-holders. The funding will also go towards helping local governments implement the act, paying for cat pound facilities, microchip readers, cat traps and ranger training. Local governments will have the power to deal with irresponsible owners, including cat hoarders, and with wild cats. But they will also be able to seize and detain cats that have offended by, for example, threatening wildlife or being a nuisance by damaging property. Mr Castrilli said rangers would use their discretion in instances where, for instance, a neighbour has complained because a cat has used a garden as a latrine. "Local governments have to administer the law and I'm sure that local government rangers would use very much commonsense in terms of applying that law," he told AAP. The cat pounds would be established in four zones in the metropolitan area, while there would be two in regional areas around Mandurah and Bunbury, he said. Money has been set aside for cat pounds in other regional areas, Mr Castrilli said. "We're making it contestable so that not only local governments but people like the Cat Haven and the RSPCA can work together to determine who runs the cat facility, who wants to get involved," he said. Mr Castrilli said only 13 per cent of local governments in WA had some form of cat law. "They are totally inconsistent and all over the place ... we really needed some sort of standardisation," he said. "If a particular community has a particular bent on what they want to do with cats ... the local government can develop those particular local laws, provided they satisfy the overarching state laws to do with cat control." There had been 93 per cent support for the new act and most cat owners already did the right thing, Mr Castrilli said. He said the act had been amended to increase the length of time a cat owner has to collect a pet from a pound - before the animal is put down - from three days to seven. Edited by BIX, May 25 2012, 03:04:30 PM.
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| Hevs | May 25 2012, 05:09:28 PM Post #2 |
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Just collect them all and put them all in prison...[problem solved :whistle: |
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ohippy
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May 26 2012, 01:19:38 PM Post #3 |
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I have to say I am slightly concerned about this new law .. I have horrible neighbours who do everything they can to make life hell for us and this will help them to add to my misery. My cats are all chipped and sterilized and they are outdoors in the daytime only but I am positive that they will trap them constantly as they will be allowed to. The law will not stop the problem in any way .. they need to stop pet shops selling kittens and only let licensed breeders breed but, of course, they are too stupid to realise this. I've even written to my MP about it and he reckons that countries where they have this legislation have even more of a problem with strays than we do ..... he's obviously never been overseas in his life |
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Melibeam
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May 26 2012, 03:41:15 PM Post #4 |
Most Exceptional Lady
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I have to say, I wish my cats were never microchipped or registered. Now if they disappear, then will be traced back to me :lol: Seriously I am very over the cats at the moment. They both have started peeing all over the house in bags, on bathmats, towels, pillows etc and its driving me crazy. The vet reckons they might be stressed :she: Jeez they are seriously pampered and well looked after, what the hell have they to stress about :confused: I have just ordered some pheronome diffuser stuff which hopefully will make them all happy and relaxed and stop the peeing. It better bloody work!!! |
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May 27 2012, 08:37:15 PM Post #5 |
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My lovely boy cat is sterilised & chipped & is always in by 4pm (he doesnt really go much further than the daybed in the garden)and i have great neighbours who must be deaf because he sits there talking to himself all day .But even i can see this law looks full of holes. Totally agree something needs to be done ,see feral cats all the time and have a friend that had a kitten dumped on her doorstep (she loves cats luckily ) Suppose we will just have to wait & see how it is implemented . |
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BIX
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May 27 2012, 09:12:05 PM Post #6 |
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The bye-law in Cairns is pretty much an arse. Officially your cat is not allowed to leave your property..................unless on a lead. |
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| JuniperRose | May 27 2012, 09:46:38 PM Post #7 |
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Someone in our local paper was threatening to trap and drown any cat that comes on to his property and claims he already does so. :blushing: Im glad I keep my cat inside but I would like to know how they will enforce the law, any neighbour can accuse a cat of being a nuisance and then trap it - that is a worry. Personally if my cat were an outdoor cat, I would be either getting a cat pen or cat proofing the garden pretty toot sweet judging by the comments in the paper showing the horrible intentions of others. :no: |
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ohippy
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May 28 2012, 12:49:55 PM Post #8 |
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I do want to enclose my verandah and then keep my cats in but just can't afford to at the mo. If my neighbours want to stump up the cost I'll happily convert my cats to indoor ones :yes: |
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| JuniperRose | May 28 2012, 08:09:43 PM Post #9 |
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I guess its a matter of shutting them inside till finances are available to comply with the changes, probably safer than risking your cat being taken. :S I shall speak to my local council to find out about registration, Gordon is microchipped with a UK chip that is now old so not sure if he needs another one, not quite sure what this new law means, I know they have to be chipped and registered and kept under control but is there a curfew at night I wonder or does posing a nuisance to native wildlife mean your cat has to be under control 24/7? All very confusing, just glad Gordon is an indoor cat with a penchant for savaging my towels and recently, leather sofa. :whistle: ( but I still love him) |
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Melibeam
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May 29 2012, 08:06:11 AM Post #10 |
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My cats go crazy if they are not allowed outside. The cry at the doors and windows, attack the fly screens, start peeing everywhere (more than usual) and just about knock anyone over who opens the front door to escape, and mostly manage it. There is absolutely no way I would have them as indoor cats, they would hate it and so would I. I am not sure I believe everything about cats attacking wildlife, mine certainly dont, and never leave the front garden. I have seen them swooped upon and attacked by birds and they are terrified of anything that moves. The biggest threat to them is a neighbours cat, who has attacked Pumpkin twice now, resulting in hospitalisation and huge vet bills for me. When these cats are gone, I will never get any more. They have far too much trouble and expense, not to mention the cleaning up I have to do after them. |
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rjs
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May 29 2012, 11:30:02 AM Post #11 |
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The one part of this law that i do like is Sterilisation . My worry with the whole thing is it will end up like the dog law .People like us will register & already have chipped sterilised cats ,but you will get plenty that ignore the whole thing ,dont register & just dump the cats when anybody complains. |
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ohippy
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May 29 2012, 07:25:11 PM Post #12 |
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true .. the people/cats that they are trying to stop won't stop as these are the ones who won't bother with the sterilization/chipping/registration .. esp as there's no responsibility on the sellers to ensure this happens. Like you say, same as the dogs, there's probably more unregistered ones than registered ! |
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