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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Outdoor cats aren’t legal many places, including DC. If you see sn outdoor cat in DC, it’s either a stray or someone is illegally letting their cat out without a leash.

We treat our cat lijj my e a small dog in this respect. We let him go out in our backyard under supervision, but otherwise he stays in with us. I’d definitely worry about him wandering the neighborhood on his own. I once saw a possum in our backyard that was probably 30 pounds. It’s really not safe to let your cats roam free in the city.[/quote]

Illegal in Montgomery County too.[/quote]

How about you provide a citation for that which doesn't start with the sentence: " An owner must not: (1) Allow an animal [b][i][u]other than an altered cat[/u][/i][/b] to be at large."

Someone(s) keeps posting the link https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/montgomerycounty/latest/montgomeryco_md/0-0-0-3195 in the various threads, and it doesn't say what they think it says. [/quote]

[i]An owner must not:
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(3) [u][b]Allow an animal to enter private property without the property owner's permission.[/b][/u] The property owner may capture the trespassing animal humanely and promptly notify animal control or other appropriate law enforcement authorities, or humanely transport the animal to an animal shelter.[/i][/quote]

Right. Laws and regulations tend to be precise.

An altered cat roaming at large [i]is not illegal.[/i] If you videotape one roaming in the street, you can't criticize it based on legal grounds. Once it enters private property, there is a problem. [i]But that's not just because it was at large, which is otherwise permitted.[/i]

Sure, you can argue that cats roaming at large will necessarily also go on private property. That's not a given, but it's an argument, and you would make and enforce the change by [b][u]changing the law.[/u][/b]

Alas, the law doesn't merely conform to your idea of what is reasonable. You have to do the work. Have at it, love.[/quote]

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