The Zurich government does not want to combat the uncontrolled breeding of outdoor cats with compulsory chipping or neutering. It rejects mandatory measures and wants to continue to focus on raising awareness. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox In November 2023 the cantonal parliament referred a postulate to the government calling called for an assessment of measures that could curb the uncontrolled proliferation of outdoor cats. Mandatory chipping and castration were explicitly mentioned. However, the government does not want to know anything about this, according to a submission to parliament published on Thursday. + Feline felons: what to do with Switzerland’s killer cats? At national level, initiatives to introduce a national obligation to identify and register cats have always been rejected, the cantonal government said. It also assumes that the "much more far-reaching castration obligation" will still not be approved by the federal parliament.
