Gazette.Net: County Proposes Letting Cats Roam if They'll Behave
- A proposal, referred to as a “cat leash law” has been dropped by the Duncan administration.
- http://gazette.net/gazette_archive/1998/199846/montgomerycty/county/a45983-1.html

Gazette.Net: Duncan Backtracks over Cat Control
- County Executive Douglas Duncan orderes the county attorney to water down the proposed ban on cat roaming.
- http://gazette.net/gazette_archive/1998/199839/montgomerycty/county/a47981-1.html

Gazette.Net: Keeping Felines in Line
- Articles and reader responses to a Maryland county's attempt to restrict cats to their owners' property.
- http://gazette.net/gazette_archive/1998/199838/germantown/news/a48256-1.html

Victorian Domestic (Feral and Nuisance) Animals Act 1996
- Australian state law that includes a provision for the control of cats.[PDF and Word document]
- http://www.dms.dpc.vic.gov.au/Domino/Web_Notes/LDMS/PubLawToday.nsf/8d7b8bff8129f677ca256da50082e1c7/74dbf22ed7674dafca256e5b0003a1c8?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,Feral,Nuisance

The Cat and the Law
- How the law has treated cats throughout history.
- http://www.bartleby.com/234/6.html

Why Not Coercive Legislation?
- The drawbacks of legislation as a solution to pet overpopulation issues.
- http://www.cfainc.org/articles/why-not-coerce.html

Santa Clara County Survey of Pet Population
- Report of a scientific survey of pet ownership in Santa Clara County, California with recommendations.
- http://www.fanciers.com/npa/santaclara.html

San Mateo County Pet Overpopulation Ordinance: A Legislative Failure
- An evaluation of elements of the San Mateo ordinance with recommendations.
- http://www.fanciers.com/npa/sanmateo.html

National Pet Alliance Opposition to Coercive Legislation
- Support to individuals and groups to assist in stopping coercive legislation.
- http://www.fanciers.com/npa/coercive-legis.html

Dartmouth College Library: Cats
- Commentary on a message by Governor of Illinois, Adlai Stevenson when he vetoed a 1949 cat bill passed by the state legislature.
- http://www.dartmouth.edu/~library/Library_Bulletin/Nov1990/LB-N90-Journey.html

Cats Must be on Leads
- A Hungarian town has issued a regulation that cats must be keep on leads.
- http://www.igorilla.com/gorilla/animal/2001/cats_curtailed_in_hungary.html

Ordinance Limiting Number of Cats per Residence
- Report on the Pennsylvania Court decision to strike down an ordinance that limited the number of cats that could be maintained in a single residence.
- http://www.naiaonline.org/body/articles/archives/limitlawpennsylvania.htm

CFA: Pedigreed Cats Face Extinction
- Concern about the effects that the cat control laws will have on pedigreed cat breeding.
- http://www.cfainc.org/articles/face-extinction.html

New South Wales: Companion Animals Act 1998
- Australian state law that includes a provision for the control of cats.
- http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/disp.pl/au/legis/nsw/consol%5fact/caa1998174/?query=title+%28+%22companion+animal+act+1998%22+%29

Loony Laws about Animals
- Remarkable laws about cats and other animals that have been passed.
- http://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/loonylaws.htm

SFSPCA's Report on Cat Licensing
- SPCA of San Francisco's analysis of the uses and drawbacks of cat licensing proposals.
- http://www.cfainc.org/articles/sfspca.html

NAIA: Dogs Will Be Dogs, But Cats Won't
- An article by Anna Sadler about laws that lump dog and cat issues together.
- http://www.naiaonline.org/body/articles/archives/catsdogs.htm

National Animal Interest Alliance: Cats “There Ought to be a Law”
- Anna Sadler looks at issues arising from “cat laws”.
- http://www.naiaonline.org/body/articles/archives/catsthere.htm

Cat Fanciers' Association Legislative Committee
- Provides guidance to individuals or member clubs opposing unreasonable animal control legislation in their geographic area. Position statements and articles.
- http://cfainc.org/org/legal.html

Law Library Resource Xchange: The Domestic Cat and the Law
- Guide to history, cases, legislation and texts.
- http://www.llrx.com/features/catlaw.htm