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Münster Court Bars First-Generation Savannah Cat From Kleve Residential Area

The finding that the animal fails the residential 'usual and harmless' standard makes the expedited order unappealable.

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Die Haltung der aus Haus- und Wildkatzen gekreuzten Savannah-Katze ist einer Gerichtsentscheidung zufolge im Stadtzentrum von Kleve in Nordrhein-Westfalen nicht erlaubt. Das entschied Oberverwaltungsgericht in Münster in einem Eilverfahren.

Overview

  • The Higher Administrative Court (OVG) in Münster upheld Kleve’s prohibition on keeping the hybrid pet in the town centre.
  • The expedited ruling is final and cannot be appealed.
  • Judges applied the rule that small-animal keeping in housing zones is allowed only when it is usual and harmless for the district.
  • Muffin, a first‑generation cross between an African serval and a domestic cat, was deemed potentially dangerous.
  • The court noted similar listings of Savannahs as dangerous in other German states and rejected the owners’ reliance on Justin Bieber’s pets as evidence of common acceptance.