http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1762 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Fri, 24 May 2013 01:57:08 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1762#post-4985 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 07:20:01 +0000 Stan Laurel 4985@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Home secretary Alan Johnson is introduce a Parliamentary Bill which will outlaw catnip and similar feline highs within weeks following the publication of an RSPCA report that described the drug’s effect on the UK’s cat population as a “national scandal”.</p> <p>A spokesman for the RSPCA said last night “We are delighted that the Government has finally acted to protect these poor creatures. Its widespread use has reduced many cats to a pitiful state. To see the poor things hanging around the streets all hours, howling and defecating on neighbourhood gardens; just waiting for their next fix is enough to make an animal lover weep.”</p> <p>Penny Newton, director of Worthing’s Cat Shelter, works on the front line of feline welfare. “The news comes as a relief. So many people trivialise the impact of catnip but I don’t think they realise that the imported catnip available these days is far stronger than the stuff that their kittens may have tried in their days at University.’</p> <p>The tightening up of catnip follows the Government’s move to restrict other cat drugs such as M-Kat or “Meow Meow” and Kit-E-Kat. </p>