MacLean’s plagiarism?

MacLean’s ‘World’ articles are often a rehash of stuff from elsewhere, but is this one plagiarism? Jane Switzer's 188 word MacLean’s version adds nothing to Helen Pidd’s earlier Guardian article. Compare side-by-side passages (not necessarily in order).

MacLean's: Overrun with stray cats, the German city of Bremen wants to take drastic action

Guardian: City of Bremen to take drastic action to tackle out-of-control feline population

MacLean’s: …the city’s cat shelter used to look after around 120 cats at any one time, but now has 378 on its books and fears that number will soon reach 500. In addition, an estimated 1,000 cats roam the streets, threatening the local songbird population.

Guardian: … threatening local songbirds. The local cat shelter used to look after around 120 cats at any one time. Now it has 378 on its books and fears that number will soon reach 500. In addition, at least 1,000 stray cats roam the streets, chasing birds…

MacLean’s: … a number of small German towns which already advocate the compulsory neutering of stray felines, including Paderborn in North Rhine-Westphalia, which was home to 40,000 stray cats before it introduced forced castration three years ago.

Guardian: A number of small German towns already advocate the compulsory neutering of stray cats, including Paderborn in North Rhine-Westphalia, which was home to 40,000 stray cats before it introduced forced castration three years ago.

MacLean’s: Wolfgang Apel, chairman of the Bremen Animal Protection Society, said the government should take responsibility for the growing problem: “There are so many [cats] that the situation has got out of control,” he told the Süddeutsche Zeitung. “They are becoming a burden to the public.”

Guardian: "There are so many that the situation has got out of control," said Wolfgang Apel, chairman of the Bremen Animal Protection Society... "They are becoming a burden to the public," he told the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper.

MacLean’s: Anyone with an outdoor cat would be forced to pay to have it neutered.

Guardian: …anyone who allowed their cat to run free would be forced to pay to have it neutered.

Guardian: … if the law is passed in Bremen, it will lead to nationwide legislation.

MacLean’s: If the law is passed in Bremen, it could lead to nationwide legislation.

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A discrepancy – while the passage is otherwise almost identical, in the Guardian the line about the "government taking responsibility" reads, “MP Undine Kurth said the government should take responsibility for the growing problem”.Where in MacLean’s it reads, “Wolfgang Apel... said the government should take responsibility for the growing problem”.