…at least that seems to be the case according to “Let’s Get Ready Sydney“, a disturbingly Cold War-esque (and red, really, really red) website about planning for an ‘emergency’ that might cause you to leave your home in a hurry:
If it is safe to do so, take your pets with you. Put large pets on [...]

You may have come across this story over the last few months – one Mr Hew Griffiths, an Australian software pirate – was extradited to the United States and prosecuted for offences under US copyright law. He subsequently pleaded guilty in a court in Virginia.
Some insightful commentary is here, on LawFont:
But we should be [...]