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Originally Posted by Loki Love
I think it's a stretch to compare pet limits to BSL.. but that's my opinion.
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It's still a blanket policy applied to ALL situations without regard to the individual circumstances, so I personally think they are comparable.
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Originally Posted by Loki Love
It would be a wonderful society if we could judge individual home owners and pet limits on a case by case basis - but I don't think there are the resources for that, do you?
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Calgary seems to make it work. I would think more resources would be needed to police the number of pets someone has than not to.
As for licensing being a "money-grab", here are some of things that the licence fees fund here in Calgary:
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Under the Responsible Pet Ownership Bylaw, at three months of age all cats and dogs residing in the City of Calgary must have a City of Calgary licence. Licensing fees, not tax dollars, fund the following programs and services:
- Reunite lost cats and lost dogs with their owners.
- Operate the Pet Drive Home program.
- Educate cat and dog owners about responsible pet ownership.
- Enforce the Responsible Pet Ownership Bylaw.
- Shelter and feed lost impounded cats and impounded dogs in our vet-operated facility.
- Manage our animal adoption program.
- Offer school programs at no charge.
- Deliver public education programs.
- Run our volunteer animal socialization program.
- Help neighbours resolve their animal related conflicts.
- Provide funding to veterinary clinics for emergency medical care for injured stray cats and dogs.
- Operate the No Cost Spay/Neuter program for the cats and dogs of eligible Calgarians.
- Provide medical care to adoptable cats and dogs in our state of the art clinic.
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