Pet culls happened in 1939 as well and it turned out to be unnecessary. Many who went through with it unsurprisingly expressed regret.
From a few other places I've seen this discussed a lot of the comments have been "I'd kill anyone who killed my cat" without appearing to read the whole thing where the policy would have required the cat owners to be the ones culling their pets. While I am not the biggest fan of cats the sheer gall of the UK gov considering making the owners carry out the policy is unreal. As odd as it would seem given other liberties that have been stomped on this would have likely resulted in riots.
Pet culls happened in 1939 as well and it turned out to be unnecessary. Many who went through with it unsurprisingly expressed regret.
From a few other places I've seen this discussed a lot of the comments have been "I'd kill anyone who killed my cat" without appearing to read the whole thing where the policy would have required the cat owners to be the ones culling their pets. While I am not the biggest fan of cats the sheer gall of the UK gov considering making the owners carry out the policy is unreal. As odd as it would seem given other liberties that have been stomped on this would have likely resulted in riots.