FRANKFORT-- Did you know if you see a feral cat on your property and don't try to catch or vaccinate the feline, you are breaking the law?

Senate Bill 125 would change that. The bill, proposed by Senator Paul Hornback, a Republican from Shelbyville, would simply take out part of that existing law. 

The law, KRS 258.015, would keep the part where pet cats, dogs and ferrets must be vacciated by the time they turn four months old. However, Section 4 of the current law, the part that deals with feral cats, would be removed. 

Hornback says the bill just makes sense. In the committee, he said, "All of us have feral cats. It's not something that's enforceable. It's not something that's reasonable to do, but it's something that if the right person got a hold of it, and pushed you to make those reasonable efforts to capture and vaccinate those cats. You know sometimes it might not even be safe to catch them; they recoil away. They claw, and everything else, so it's just not a good idea to have it in there. It's one of those statutes that I felt like is easy. I know it doesn't make a lot of sense. It catches a lot of hype around here, talking abot feral cats, doing that. But, I do think it's a good bill." 

It's important to note a feral isn't the same as a stray, ferals are wild cats that are not accustomed to humans, and are often scared of them. 

SB 125 passed unanimously and will now go to the Senate.