Comments on: “Owner ticketed for walking wheelchair-bound cat without leash”

By: Carl Starrett

Carl Starrett — Sun, 13 Oct 2013 12:39:57 +0000

A leash law for a cat?

By: Boblipton

Boblipton — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 22:30:48 +0000

Never take your congressman outside unless he is on a leash.

Bob

By: TheMan

TheMan — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 19:23:34 +0000

We need more leashes in our society. You kids might have behavioral problems so they should mandate that all children have leashes as well. We also can not trust any wild animals so we should create leash systems for them as well.

By: nevins

nevins — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 14:46:38 +0000

The cat is not, as the initial text might describe, in a wheelchair, but uses a hind extremity prosthesis that has wheels. The cat is freely mobile as shown in the video in the link.
So, the citation for violation of leash law is not in any way outlandish as the articles seems to imply.

Separate issue is whether there should be a leash law, or whether a cat should be subject to the same leash law restrictions as dogs given that cats tend to have very different behaviors than dogs. But it is clear that the citation was properly applied for the law as it seems to be written.

By: David Eggers

David Eggers — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 18:33:09 +0000

Some people just don’t get it