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Cat-lovers want Prince George's County to clarify its law that prohibits Good Samaritans from feeding feral cats, or taking them to a vet, unless they take out ownership licenses for the kitties. Prince George's Feral Friends claims county law "penalizes Good Samaritans for rendering aid to free-roaming cats and promotes unnecessary government expenditure."
The county ordinance claims that anyone who feeds a feral cat for "an undetermined period of time, usually 30 days or longer," becomes the cat's owner. If the cat is returned to where it was found, the new owner can be fined for "failing the duties of animal ownership."
Feral Friends says its members have been fined for "providing emergency medical care, rabies vaccine and spay/neuter surgery," to feral cats for which they have "not obtained licensure."
Courthouse News Service: Feral Friends Fight County Over Kitties
Seeded on Thu Jul 15, 2010 6:38 PM EDT
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