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Cool, Cool Kitty

Charles Oliver | 10.2.2015 6:00 AM

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A German court has ordered Berlin cat breeder Jacqueline Linke to have her male Sphynx cat, Willie, neutered. The court ruled that passing on Willie's hairless genes and lack of whiskers would amount to animal cruelty.

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Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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