As would a DNA based paternity test. No need for government issued papers.
A country that can't even issue birth certificates can do DNA testing?
1.) Most people don't want to.
And if they did get stolen, how would I prove they were mine? I have no registered documentation of the cats!
Except for photos, and dozens of individuals who have seen me with the cats.
You don't need a government certificate to bring a civil or criminal case against someone.
1.) Most people don't want to.
Cats are plentiful...I can get one anywhere. Children, on the other hand, are hard to come by. Ask anyone who paid $20k for fertility treatments and still couldn't have a child. More nefarious types can't steal your cats and make them soldiers, or sell them as sex slaves like they can your children.