"....help us out here in Wisconsin."

Apparently you are in Wisconsin, so am I.
In fact I am in La Crosse where it all started and if you had been
paying attention to the news here in Wisconsin you would know that Gov.
Doyle has said that this law is going nowhere.  Plus, the legislature
would never have passed it.
It only took one person to get this hoopla started and it made great
news fodder, but never had a chance of becoming law.
It did reveal some people's attitude towards cats.