Please also note as cited below by user 13531 , it is illegal in Winnipeg to let your cats roam outside off leash outside an enclosure . So in your what this means for Winnipeg families section , it might be worth including the point that if people don ' t want their cats captured and rehomed or to be ticketed if their cats are turned into WHS repeatedly , they should retrain their animals to be house catsIt ' s also against the law 1 docid 6054 doctypeoOwner ' s responsibilities 181 Subject to this section , the owner of a cat that is in the City of Winnipeg mustb ensure that the cat does not run at largec ensure that , except when it is i on the owner ' s property or ii on the property of another person who has consented to the presence of the unleashed cat the cat is at all times kept on a leash that is never longer than 20 feet in length and no longer that 6 feet in length when the cat is on a street , on a path or any other place that is not an open space or when people or other animals are within 20 feet of the cat