A South Australian Council Just Banned Having More Than Two Cats Per Property And I APPLAUD THEM
BRB, booking my one-way flight to Adelaide.
Hear ye hear ye, crazy cat people of Oz!
FOX
South Australia just made a helluva lot of feline enemies, with Mount Barker council in Adelaide moving to introduce a strict limit of two cats per property.
Universal Pictures
And not to be ~controversial~ or anything…but I AM HERE FOR IT.
New Line Cinema
^Me, revelling in the news.
That’s right, gentle reader — not all BuzzFeeders love the demon spawn you call the common house cat.
NBC
I, for one, think Mount Barker is obviously a hot box of Australia's most revolutionary minds.
Netflix / Via Netflix
They are leading us out of the darkness, into a bright future.
From 2020, cat owners in the area will have to register their pets with the council and make sure they're locked indoors between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m.
Showtime
Fines will be handed out for cats caught outside during curfew and ~covert surveillance~ will even be set up to monitor suspected nuisance cats.
Owners can also be fined if their cats are caught killing native wildlife, or shitting all over neighbours' properties.
IFC
I once walked down my driveway to find a cat eating a lorikeet and I swear that bastard gave me the biggest, blood-soaked smile.
Ann Ferguson, the mayor of Mount Barker, says the crackdown has come about because of community outcry about the behaviour of local cats.
FOX
And while they don't want to "vilify" cats or their owners, something needs to be done to curb bad behaviour.
So if you were planning on settling in as Mount Barker's resident cat lady, looks like you might need to relocate to a more feline-friendly postcode.
FOX
And I'd be happy to take up squatting in your residence.