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So are any of this cats going to be put in trial for "murder".

are any of this cats going to be put in trial for "murder"

“For centuries, the courts of France, Italy, Switzerland, and other nearby countries tried pigs, dogs, rats, grasshoppers, and snails for crimes against people, property, and God. These animal trials were of two kinds: (1) secular suits against individual creatures who had maimed or killed humans; and (2) ecclesiastic cases against vermin like mice and locusts, who were excommunicated for their grain-related crimes.”

https://daily.jstor.org/when-societies-put-animals-on-trial/

They’d just plead nyan compos mentis

The cats I met will just take the 5 th.

No, it's more of a Judge Dredd type situation.

isn't that pretty much any shelter that isn't a no kill shelter?

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