Dogs Could get Paris Hilton Treatment
The City Council is having to get tough with about 50 percent of dog owners who haven’t microchipped their animals.
That's a high number of non-compliance... like a lot of things in our society. I wonder if there's a link?
This suggests that there was no will in the community if you have to coerce and bully compliance, there's something wrong with the by-law. Have you asked your candidate that is standing for council these elections what THEIR view on this is !! you should.
Government regulations imposed just over 12 months ago required all first time registered animals, dogs identified as menacing or dangerous or those that have been impounded twice to be microchipped within two months from July 2006.
However a year later about half the 500 dog owners have not complied with the regulation and the City Council’s animal control team will, from the start of October, visit all of those addresses.
Is this a great way for the City Council to increase their coffers?! New laws = A new form of tax!
Senior Animal Control Officer, Peter Broughton, says if the owners don’t cooperate then they will face a $200 infringement notice and ultimately their animal could be impounded until they have it microchipped.
Dog loving communities we are!
“We’re pleased with the dog owners who have obliged but there are others who have ignored our correspondence,” Peter says.
Do we get a pat on the head?!
“We’re having to spend a large amount of time carrying out this regulation and have been relying on the cooperation of owners. After writing to them and not getting a response we now have to take the next step and knock on all doors,” Peter says.
So who's paranoid now? I didn't vote for this!
He points out that microchipping does not replace dog registration but is a one-off procedure to allow the animal’s details to be recorded in the national dog database.
I don't understand why microchipping CAN'T replace registration. I mean, they got our number, our name and our fregging date of birth! Why charge per year? It's not as if they get a warrant of fitness or something!
It's NOT a 'national dog database', it's a Labour/Progressive Job Creation Scheme
“This database is valuable to us because if a dog is found wandering and has been microchipped then the information is immediately available and the owner can be found,” Peter says.
And they can get $500 for doing this 'service'!
“It also gives us a much clearer record of dogs that are in our city.”
And... what does this give us? How can that help?
So you now know who to target... yippe!
The animal control team is giving urgency to chasing up the 50 percent of owners who haven’t complied because, in the last 12 months, another 240 dogs that need to be microchipped are now resident in the city.
These are first time registered animals or dogs, like Paris Hilton, that “have a done a little time” since the regulations were introduced.
I've never heard Paris Hilton described like this before !
“We are notifying these dog owners and they have two months to have their dog microchipped. They can either take the dog to their own vet or the City Council can arrange for the procedure to be carried out,” Peter explains.
For those who don't know, microchipping should be FREE. The people who go around and 'check up' on the dogs should just be given a microchip, and let sleeping dogs lie. Why make a freaking issue out of this!
“However if their own vet implants the microchip the owners must bring proof to the Council so we can enter the details in the database.”MORE>>
That's a high number of non-compliance... like a lot of things in our society. I wonder if there's a link?
This suggests that there was no will in the community if you have to coerce and bully compliance, there's something wrong with the by-law. Have you asked your candidate that is standing for council these elections what THEIR view on this is !! you should.
Government regulations imposed just over 12 months ago required all first time registered animals, dogs identified as menacing or dangerous or those that have been impounded twice to be microchipped within two months from July 2006.
However a year later about half the 500 dog owners have not complied with the regulation and the City Council’s animal control team will, from the start of October, visit all of those addresses.
Is this a great way for the City Council to increase their coffers?! New laws = A new form of tax!
Senior Animal Control Officer, Peter Broughton, says if the owners don’t cooperate then they will face a $200 infringement notice and ultimately their animal could be impounded until they have it microchipped.
Dog loving communities we are!
“We’re pleased with the dog owners who have obliged but there are others who have ignored our correspondence,” Peter says.
Do we get a pat on the head?!
“We’re having to spend a large amount of time carrying out this regulation and have been relying on the cooperation of owners. After writing to them and not getting a response we now have to take the next step and knock on all doors,” Peter says.
So who's paranoid now? I didn't vote for this!
He points out that microchipping does not replace dog registration but is a one-off procedure to allow the animal’s details to be recorded in the national dog database.
I don't understand why microchipping CAN'T replace registration. I mean, they got our number, our name and our fregging date of birth! Why charge per year? It's not as if they get a warrant of fitness or something!
It's NOT a 'national dog database', it's a Labour/Progressive Job Creation Scheme
“This database is valuable to us because if a dog is found wandering and has been microchipped then the information is immediately available and the owner can be found,” Peter says.
And they can get $500 for doing this 'service'!
“It also gives us a much clearer record of dogs that are in our city.”
And... what does this give us? How can that help?
So you now know who to target... yippe!
The animal control team is giving urgency to chasing up the 50 percent of owners who haven’t complied because, in the last 12 months, another 240 dogs that need to be microchipped are now resident in the city.
These are first time registered animals or dogs, like Paris Hilton, that “have a done a little time” since the regulations were introduced.
I've never heard Paris Hilton described like this before !
“We are notifying these dog owners and they have two months to have their dog microchipped. They can either take the dog to their own vet or the City Council can arrange for the procedure to be carried out,” Peter explains.
For those who don't know, microchipping should be FREE. The people who go around and 'check up' on the dogs should just be given a microchip, and let sleeping dogs lie. Why make a freaking issue out of this!
“However if their own vet implants the microchip the owners must bring proof to the Council so we can enter the details in the database.”MORE>>
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