Australia weighs cat curfews and neutering requirements to rein in feral felines

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The Australian government is looking for public feedback on a plan to tackle one of the country's most hairy issues: stray cats.

Stray cats — or "feral" cats, as they're called by Australian officials — kill more than 1.5 billion native mammals, birds, reptiles and frogs as well as 1.1 billion invertebrates in the country each year, the government says. They can also carry disease.

Tanya Plibersek, Australia's Minister for the Environment and Water, announced last week a plan offering a raft of possible new strategies to tame the country's feral cat population, including regional laws that would impose curfews on pet cats and require that owners keep their pets indoors.