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  • There are also indirect challenges arising in the courts: cases which highlight the fact that the current property status of do- mestic animals is inadequate to resolve cer- tain disputes. Pet custody cases, to decide the residency of a family dog or cat following the breakdown of a relationship between a mar- ried or co-habiting couple, are an example of this. Using pure property law principles to decide the question of where the dog or cat lives is often inappropriate. Increasingly civil courts are being asked to recognize dogs and cats as a unique form of living and sentient property, different from inanimate property, and to thereby take the interests of the animal (not just the owners) into account. This also constitutes a challenge to the current legal status of domestic animals, but it is a more subtle and indirect challenge.