This bug has appeared to be fixed recently, but I just saw it again myself on 4/7/2019. My cats' legs are in weird spots when sitting down, and their whole bodies are also raised off of the ground. Their hitboxes still seem to be in the region they're supposed to be in while sitting.
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However, this issue has been closed as a Duplicate of MCPE-41929.
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