(06-24-2012, 10:16 PM)Victor Leigh Wrote: Theoretically it's a good idea but in practice it's often abused. In some places, it just becomes a source of income for corrupt officials. Personally, I would like to see the keeping of dogs and cats to be better regulated. Only thing is I am not too sure if licensing would improve things.
Corrupted officials will always have their source of income whether or not there is a license for pets. It shouldn't be the reason for saying no to the license.
The license should be cheap, or even free. Like I said, most people who work in animal shelters are volunteers. They can help to issue the license. One of the license requirement of passing basic knowledge test for specific pet species will make sure people are qualified to own a pet just like a driver's license will make sure people can really drive.
Imagine if there isn't a driver's license, how much worse will it be on the road? It will not solve problems 100% but it will help. Like there will always be speeding and drunk driving, there will still be people abandoning or abusing pets even if they signed agreement not to do such thing before getting the license. But with rules in place, once caught ditching pets, not only the license shall be revoked, the owner will be fined.
(06-26-2012, 12:06 AM)evilgenius Wrote: Hunting and fishing is too different than owing an animal, hunting mean you killing animal and fishing also mean you killing fish for your food, owning animal doesn't mean that you are killing then or hurting them it mean you are giving them space and your love. If there is license for owning an animal than I bet it would be very difficult for people who to adopt stray dogs and cats. because official work also take time and ofcourse money.
We might have used the wrong example, but in my opinion the pet license should be much similar to a driver's license. To get a driver's license, you must pass both paper test and road test to show you have capable knowledge and skills to drive, as well as you know the traffic rules and agree to follow it.
For the purposed pet license, not only the license holder must pass tests to prove he or she have the necessary knowledge and is capable of taking care of the pet, but they also must know the rules of having such license which mean they must not do anything against the agreement (no mistreating, abusing or abandoning of pets) or they will be fined, jailed, and lose the license.
It will not solve problems 100% but it will help. Like there will always be speeding and drunk driving, there will still be people abandoning or abusing pets even if they signed agreement not to do such thing before getting the license. But with rules in place, once caught ditching pets, not only the license shall be revoked, the owner will be fined.
