CLAIM:

The SNP are “to consider banning cats”. The Telegraph. Picked up by other media outlets, including the Daily Record which reported: “Cats could be banned in Scotland as SNP ministers set to review new report.”

DOORSTEP ANSWER:

No, they’re not. In fact, the Scottish Animal Welfare Commission report which the newspaper article was based on does not even contain the word “ban”.

A ban on owning cats is not proposed in the recommendations from the report, which instead calls for Scottish Ministers to “introduce a coordinated campaign for responsible cat ownership and care”.

WHY THE HYSTERIA?

The claims that the SNP are set to consider banning cats first appeared in a Daily Mail article on Saturday. It was more widely picked up, with The Telegraph reporting: “SNP to consider banning cats.”

Most people, it would seem, did not read beyond the misleading headline.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24905239.snp-really-considering-banning-cats-scotland/