Whispers of a cat ownership ban in Scotland circulated the internet recently. The rumors caused so much outrage that the country’s head of government, First Minister John Swinney, had to dispel the notion of any official ban.

The cat’s out of the bag — and is here to say. Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney dispelled rumors Monday that the country was planning to ban cats after an independent commission produced a report calling for “containment” of felines to protect endangered birds and other wildlife.