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Posted on 07/12/2011 5:20:33 PM PDT by Biggirl
Should cats be treated like dogs, when it comes to licensing and immunization requirements? The San Diego city auditor's office recommends doing just that -- for the sake of health, safety and "cost recovery" for taxpayers. According to formulas used by the Humane Society of the United States, there are an estimated 373,000 cats in San Diego.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcsandiego.com ...
In most places they are. San Diego is apparently behind the curve.
Not where I live, but then again, it is one of the few places that it is an exception.
Seriously is this America? A license to have a pet?
Our cats are indoors and we will decide what shots they do or do not get. Not the effing city.
Most of the places we’ve lived require cats to be registered and vaccinated. Is this really that unique?
I register mine, but no longer vaccinate him regularly, since he is very sensitive to the vaccines. I have him titer tested, then vaccinated as needed with all of the accompanying precautions.
I have to license my dog, whether he goes out or not. I personally resent it highly. But if dogs need to o it, so do cats. Otherwise its just species racist </sarcasm>
I agree completely. No shots for my indoor cats.
This springs to mind, for some reason...
Fish license sketch, plenty of cat license mention.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnq96W9jtuw
Exactly. But what they will do is if your cat ever needs a vet they won’t treat them unless you buy a license.
I hate libs and all they concoct to free you from your money.
Where have you been? ;) I have had to license my dogs most places I have lived (except in rural East TX because we lived outside the city) for the past 30 years.
I’m not saying I agree with it, but it’s been going on a long time. It used to fund animal control (I’m sure it’s where it started). Now it’s a way for the Animal Rights crazies to control animal ownership and breeding. I pay $75 per year for my unspayed female. I would also have to pay $150 per year for a breeder permit. Lots of places have mandatory spay/neuter laws. Yes, the government thinks this is their business.
I’m all for them including cats, because I want people to get really really mad about this. Mad enough to rise up and say NO! Stop the madness! I”m sorry but it’s not the business of the government whether or not you choose to have a pet, or spay or neuter it, or for that matter if you breed it. It’s only their business if your animal is a nuisance.
Not sarcasm.
Either both or neither. Cats should be if dogs are.
Our cat was usually off impregnating the girl cats, beating up the boy cats and eating songbirds and squirrels. If I had tried to stop him he would have taken off my leg at the knee and killed a couple neighborhood dogs just to send a message.
He was half ally cat, half b+w, and knew what you were thinking before you did.
Come to think of it, we were his pets, but he was pretty good about bring us squirrel halves. Very generous that way.
“I wish to request a cat licence for me pet cat Eric”
“Who said you need a cat licence?”
“The man from the cat detector van.”
“The loonie detector van you mean!”
“Look, it’s people like you what cause unrest! The man told me that their equipment could pinpoint a purr at twenty yards, and Eric being such a happy cat was a piece of cake!”
Oh, well..... and now for something completely different!
;^)
Postal clerk: A what?
Praline: A license for my pet fish, Eric.
Clerk: How did you know my name was Eric?
Praline: No, no, no! My fish's name is Eric. Eric fish. He's an halibut.
Clerk: What?
Praline: He is an halibut.
Clerk: You've got a pet halibut?
Praline: Yes, I chose him out of thousands. I didn't like the others, they were all too flat.
Clerk: You must be a loony.
Praline: I am not a loony. Why should I be tarred with the epithet 'loony' merely because I have a pet halibut? I've heard tell that Sir Gerald Nabarro has a pet prawn called Simon - you wouldn't call him a loony! Furthermore Dawn Pathorpe, the lady show jumper, had a clam called Stafford, after the late chancellor. Alan Bullock has two pikes, both called Chris, and Marcel Proust had an 'addock! So if you're calling the author of 'A la recherche de temps perdu' a loony, I shall have to ask you to step outside!
Clerk: All right, all right, all right. A license?
Praline: Yes!
Clerk: For a fish.
Praline: Yes!
Clerk: You *are* a loony.
Praline: Look, it's a bleeding pet, isn't it? I've got a license for me pet dog Eric, I've got a license for me pet cat Eric.
Clerk: You don't need a license for your cat.
Praline: I bleedin' well do and I've got one! Can't be caught out there!
Clerk: There is no such thing as a bloody Cat license.
Praline: Yes there is.
Clerk: No there isn't. Praline: Is!
Clerk: Isn't!
Praline: Is!
Clerk: Isn't!
Praline: Is!
Clerk: Isn't!
Praline: Is!
Clerk: Isn't!
Praline: Is!
Clerk: Isn't!
Praline: Is!
Clerk: Isn't!
Praline: What's that then?
Clerk: This is a dog license with the word 'dog' crossed out and 'cat' written in, in crayon.
Praline: Man didn't have the right form.
Clerk: What man?
Praline: The man from the cat detector van.
Clerk: The loony detector van, you mean.
Praline: Look, it's people like you what cause unrest.
Clerk: What cat detector van?
Praline: The cat detector van from the Ministry of Housinge.
Clerk: Housinge?
Praline: It was spelt like that on the van. I'm very observant. I never seen so many bleedin' aerials. The man said their equipment could pinpoint a purr at four hundred yards, and Eric being such a happy cat was a piece of cake.
Clerk: How much did you pay for this?
Praline: Sixty quid and eight for the fruit-bat.
Clerk: What fruit-bat?
Praline: Eric the fruit-bat.
Clerk: Are all your pets called Eric?
Praline: There's nothing so odd about that. Kemel Attaturk had an entire menagerie called Abdul.
Clerk: No he didn't.
Praline: Did!
Clerk: Didn't!
Praline: Did, did, did, did, did and did!
Clerk: Oh all right.
Praline: Spoken like a gentleman, sir. Now, are you going to give me a fish license?
Clerk: I promise you that there is no such thing. You don't need one.
Praline: Then I would like a statement to that effect signed by the Lord Mayor.
(Fanfare of trumpets. Mayor gorgeously dressed with dignitaries enters flanked by trumpeters.)
Clerk: You're in luck.
“I wish to request a cat licence for me pet cat Eric”
“Who said you need a cat licence?”
“The man from the cat detector van.”
“The loonie detector van you mean!”
“Look, it’s people like you what cause unrest! The man told me that their equipment could pinpoint a purr at twenty yards, and Eric being such a happy cat was a piece of cake!”
Oh, well..... and now for something completely different!
;^)
Sure, that’s how it was initially sold to us all. But now, I pay $75 yearly for my unspayed female, who does not cost the county one more penny than anyone else’s dog. Sorry, it’s a scam now, perpetrated by the Animal Rights crazies who want to stop pet animal breeding. It is not their business what I do with my dog. And no, she’s never had a litter.
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