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Article: In '96, equal rights may be the cats' meow
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- August 5, 1995
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Cats get no respect. They've been blamed for causing bad luck,
linked to witchcraft and ridiculed in a popular book titled "101 Uses
for a Dead Cat."
But a proposed November 1996 ballot question could restore the
dignity of all felines by giving them the same legal protections dogs
enjoy, according to the Newton elementary school teacher sponsoring
the question.
Annette Eng, 58, who has three cats and two dogs of her own and
operates a cat adoption agency out of her home, says her proposal
would require cat owners to license their pets for a onetime fee of
$3. It also calls for an additional yearly "breeder's fee" of $25 for
owners whose cats are not spayed or neutered.
"What I'm ...