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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / April 2007Questions about pet license
I just got a postcard notice from our city hall about imposing a pet license for cats and dogs. Does anybody know the utility of pet license? Is this just a way for the city to get money out of its residents? What if I ignore it? I have two cats and I'm not sure if I just have to ignore it and not bother getting a license. I will appreciate your help/opinion. === The Sentimental Numerologist http://martindulcimer.blogspot.com/ Life: From the Point of View of Two Himalayan Cats > I just got a postcard notice from our city hall about imposing a pet > license for cats and dogs. Does anybody know the utility of pet Assuming this is a serious post. Licensing pets, as far as I understand it, serves two purposes. One, it encourages people to spay/neuter their pets, as licenses for intact animals tend to be significantly higher than for neutered ones. Two, it serves as a revenue source for the city that is usually devoted to the local shelter and/or spay and neuter organizations. At least that's how it works here in Austin. Cheers. Victor  SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >> I just got a postcard notice from our city hall about imposing a pet >> license for cats and dogs. Does anybody know the utility of pet [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Victor Cat licenses aren't mandatory here (yet) but dog licenses are. Along with the purposes you stated above (Victor) the license must be renewed annually in order to get the certificate showing they have been vaccinated against rabies. A dog license isn't just a piece of paper; it's a metal tag worn on the collar. It also (back in the day before microchipping, at least) helped identify lost dogs. Jill I presume that licenses are mainly to know what animals are in the town and whether they have been inoculated against contagious disease - ie, rabies. This helps the town pass information to owners about rabid wild animals and gives them some idea of how many domesticated animals there are in town. But that just my humble opinion. My kitten is licensed yet - has to be in September. This is a town which does not pro-rate license years, but runs from one September to the next. We just got her last year at a date just after she needed to be licensed. So.... And she didn't have her shots and spaying done till after either so it would've been a moot point, as they wouldn't have let us license her. Kathy and Woodgie Verona NJ >>> I just got a postcard notice from our city hall about imposing a pet >>> license for cats and dogs. Does anybody know the utility of pet [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Jill We no longer have dog licences in Britain, when we did there were many jokes about a dog licence being cheaper than a marriage licence. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk On Apr 27, 1:00 pm, The Sentimental Numerologist <nra...@gmail.com> wrote: > I just got a postcard notice from our city hall about imposing a pet > license for cats and dogs. Does anybody know the utility of pet [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > TheSentimentalNumerologisthttp://martindulcimer.blogspot.com/ > Life: From the Point of View of Two Himalayan Cats I have a license for my pet fish. His name is Eric. I chose him from thousands. Didn't like the others, they were all too flat. On Apr 27, 12:00 pm, The Sentimental Numerologist <nra...@gmail.com> wrote: > I just got a postcard notice from our city hall about imposing a pet > license for cats and dogs. Does anybody know the utility of pet > license? Is this just a way for the city to get money out of its > residents? What if I ignore it? I have two cats and I'm not sure if > I just have to ignore it and not bother getting a license. I will > appreciate your help/opinion. Your other questions seemed to be pretty well answered already, but to the question "What if I ignore it." You'll probably just get a fine that will be reimbursed as soon as you show proof that you've gotten the license. Is there a chance your kitty would escape to the outdoors? If so, that license is his ticket home, because the municipal pound will keep records & know how to contact you if he's found. Usually the revenue from the licenses goes for upkeep of the municipal shelter. It's not a bad deal, really, and they're usually only $10-$15. Sherry > On Apr 27, 12:00 pm, The Sentimental Numerologist <nra...@gmail.com> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > show proof that > you've gotten the license. Back in the mid-1980's a sheriff's deputy (trainee, I think) knocked on my door. He was going house to house to make sure everyone who had a dog had a dog license (again, no cat licenses required). It had never occurred to me. I was given 7 days to get the dog licensed otherwise I would be fined. I can't recall the amount of the fine but I immediately got his license. And yes, they followed up. Is there a chance your kitty would escape > to the outdoors? > If so, that license is his ticket home, because the municipal pound [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Sherry > > On Apr 27, 12:00 pm, The Sentimental Numerologist <nra...@gmail.com> > > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > can't recall the amount of the fine but I immediately got his license. And > yes, they followed up. Wow, your county sheriff's department must have had way too much time on their hands, using Sheriff's Department manpower to enforce city dog licensing. Around here, it's up to the animal control officers. Sherry On Apr 27, 8:14?pm, "jmcquown" <jmcqu...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Sherry wrote: > > On Apr 27, 12:00 pm, The Sentimental Numerologist <nra...@gmail.com> [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > can't recall the amount of the fine but I immediately got his license. And > yes, they followed up. Wow, your county sheriff's department must have had way too much time on their hands, using Sheriff's Department manpower to enforce city dog licensing. Around here, it's up to the animal control officers. Sherry A lot of places are doing specially country towns this it gives the animal control office/ sheriff officer the power of instant arrest instead of how we see it on TV all the time of having to go get a judge to issue a warrant >>> "What if I ignore it." >> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > enforce city dog licensing. Around here, it's up to the animal control > officers. Things were pretty slow back then. I think the guy was a trainee or something. These days you wouldn't catch me dead - oh wait, you probably would - in that area! (It was annexed by the City of Memphis and now is crime central... drive-bys, crack houses... I got out as soon as I heard the City was taking over.) Jill
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