Do we have the right to feed cats on the street?

It is forbidden to attract or feed routinely or routinely animals, in particular cats, when this practice is a cause of unsanitary.

However, cats identified on behalf of a municipality or association can be fed.

Indeed, mayors may, on their initiative or at the request of an animal protection association, have unidentified cats, without owner or keeper, living in groups in public places in their commune, captured to have them sterilized and identified. These cats are subsequently released at the place of their capture.

The feeding of these cats is allowed at the place of their capture.

These cats are identified in the national register of domestic carnivores (Icad), on behalf of the commune or association, under the status of free chat.

Cats identified under the free chat status benefit from the same protection as cats identified on behalf of individuals, in particular in the event of abuse.