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Due to numerous complaints filed in recent years, Terrasse-Vaudreuil has a new bylaw requiring cats to belicensed in the municipality. The new rules also limit pets per household to two cats and two dogs.

“We had a bylaw before that was mostly for dogs,” said Ron Kelley, the town’s director general. “We had complaints about loose dogs and it’s been a long time since we updated the bylaw. We also included cats because a lot of people let their cats loose and there’s problems with the cat population. We just want to make sure everything is well controlled.”

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The town received complaints from homeowners about cats wandering on their properties and causing mischief, Kelley said, noting some of these cats could be strays.

“Council listened to that. We’re just asking people to be responsible for their animals,” he added.

The town’s amended pet control bylaw, which came into force Sept. 1, sets limits of two cats and two dogs (over eight weeks old) per household. However, any owner who voluntary comes forward before the end of 2015 can obtain a special licence for their pets if they exceed the two-cat and two-dog limit, a sort of grandfather clause for this section of the new regulation.