LONDON, United Kingdom — Scotland is not planning to ban cats, the leader of the devolved government insisted Monday, after welfare experts gave ministers pause for thought in a new report.
The Scottish Animal Welfare Commission urged ministers to explore introducing containment zones — within which there would be restrictions on cats — to protect wildlife in 'vulnerable areas'.Such a plan could lead to rules requiring cats to be kept indoors and potentially barring them in 'new housing developments in rural areas' near 'conservation-sensitive areas', the commission noted in a new report.
'Let me just clear this up today — the government's not going to be banning cats or restricting cats. We've no intention of doing so and we will not be doing it.'In the report, the experts noted that evidence suggests all cats 'can have a significant impact on wildlife populations, through predation and competition for resources with vulnerable wildcat populations'.
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