> why farms get special dispensation wrt allendoerfer's comment: farm cats are not constrained to a small building (a house), and are a more natural part of th

> why farms get special dispensation wrt allendoerfer's comment: farm cats are not constrained to a small building (a house), and are a more natural part of the local ecosystem (they have generally been allowed to remain, or have craftily managed to remain, rather than having been shipped in by humans) so don't cause the same potential imbalance in local small animal populations (the ones humans find more desirable and less damaging, like birds).