
Most pet owners assume the rules are roughly the same whether they have a cat or a dog. Martin Lewis has a clear message for anyone who thinks that: they are wrong and the difference could cost them seriously.
The money expert was speaking at the Ideal Home Show in London earlier this month when he laid out one of the less talked-about areas of UK law that affects millions of households. Under British law dogs and cats are treated as entirely different kinds of animals and the legal responsibilities that come with owning each one are not even close to comparable.