Tackle root cause of irresponsible pet ownership, April 2, 2006

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Opinion
Sunday April 2, 2006


Tackle root cause of pet problem

IT has been reported that the Housing and Local Government Ministry is mulling over the idea of introducing differential dog licence fees for pet owners in the country.

A one-year licence fee would be RM10 per dog. For a second dog: RM20. For the third and subsequent dogs, it will be RM30 each.

Such a ruling will only discriminate against the poor and average income owners and make owning dogs a luxury only the rich can afford.

Furthermore, forcing people to cough up extra money for their pets will do absolutely nothing to make them become more responsible for their pets.

The affluent will have no problems adding pets to their homes while continuing to neglect them.

The ruling itself is flawed because it sees dogs as the problem and tries to reduce the dog population instead of tackling the root cause of the issue, which is irresponsible pet ownership.

It is tantamount to trying to stop or reduce the population of human beings because of crime.

In the end, it is not how many pets one has that leads to irresponsibility.

All it takes is for only one owner who refuses to take responsibility for his animal to create a sea of problems for everyone.



DON DAVE BENJAMIN

Kuala Lumpur











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