Melbourne cat curfew: Council grants cats freedom at night

He sleeps on beds made of kangaroo skin, hangs out at South Yarra cafes and goes on interstate road trips.

His diet includes quail, venison and lamb.

Adventure cat: Sonia Hank taking cat Kepler Copernicus for an outing in South Yarra. Credit: Wayne Taylor

And now the City of Melbourne has granted Kepler Copernicus, the Russian blue, his due respect — the freedom to go out during the cat curfew.

Kepler and his owner, cat trainer Sonia Hank, who wrote to the council about the issue, have paved the way for other cats to leave home during the nightly cat curfew between 6pm to 8am.

But there’s one condition — the cats must be on leashes.

Hank says she is “stoked”.

Sonia Hank and cat Kepler Copernicus cycling near the Sydney Opera House.

“It means he can come out for dinner with us,”