The law is actually far more sensible and says that "Cats kept on their own shall have daily contact with humans OR visual contact with members of their own spe

The law is actually far more sensible and says that "Cats kept on their own shall have daily contact with humans OR visual contact with members of their own species." Some people like harping on the Swiss animal protection laws as horrible tyranny but I feel really bad for any animals whose owners don't follow such basic standards of decency. This PDF is the actual text of the law, the cat-specific part is section 11: http://www.zuerchertierschutz.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Tierschutzthemen/pdf/Tierschutzverordnung_e.pdf http://www.zuerchertierschutz.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Tiers...