“Any unidentified cat found more than 200 meters from homes or any cat found more than 1,000 meters from the home of its master and which is not under the latter’s immediate supervision is considered to be in a state of straying, as well as any cat whose owner is not known and which is seized on the public highway or on the property of others. This is how the concept of stray cats is defined by the legislator.
The number of municipalities confronted with a proliferation of stray cats without being able to respond to them correctly continues to climb. This can pose a public health problem. In theory, the law says that these animals “must be sterilized and identified and then released to the place where they were captured”. Knowing that it is a municipal competence, the capture can be ensured by the municipal police, a service …
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