Last Chance to stop the Python and Boa Ban!

[ConcinusMan]

How much is it, if you don't pay at all?

Not sure I understand the question.

I beg to differ. It seems pretty damned messed up, considering that the dog is your property and very likely a beloved family member.

Not as messed up as you might think. Both the registered animal and the owner who cares to pay for such registration, benefits. So does the entire "humane" system. I guess it's something you would have to see in practice, for yourself. It's definitely NOT "messed up". I am not paying without a benefit. It is in my best interest, and in my dogs' best interest, and benefits pet animals in general. My younger brother just acquired an adorable 2 year old Chihuaha/Dachshund mix. That dog was saved from euthanasia. Sent from a very FULL Modesto, CA animal shelter to Portland OR, because portland had the room. All of this is funded by the "dog tax". That dog was saved, and my brother found an awesome pet. Just what he was looking for. The system isn't perfect, and it still depends on donations and public help. They get the help. They get donations. My brother gets a dog. A wonderful dog that otherwise would have been put to death.

We don't live in a third-world country here. We don't have starving cats and dogs running the streets. THAT would be "messed-up". You wouldn't have to worry about that where you live. Any dog/cat/ exotic reptile that finds himself abandoned late in the year will die from cold anyway.

[Stefan-A]

Not sure I understand the question.

Rhetorical question. Meant to imply that it still costs.

Not as messed up as you might think. Both the registered animal and the owner who cares to pay for such registration, benefits. So does the entire "humane" system. I guess it's something you would have to see in practice, for yourself. It's definitely NOT "messed up". I am not paying without a benefit. It is in my best interest, and in my dogs' best interest, and benefits pet animals in general.

Of course you benefit, if the system is intentionally built up so that you'll lose more by not paying. To make such a system and essentially take a family member hostage for ransom and mutilating it, IS messed up.

[infernalis]

To make such a system and essentially take a family member hostage for ransom and mutilating it, IS messed up.

Could not agree more.

If someone were to take one of my dogs and cut him/her up, we would be in court quick!

Cockapoo pups get hundreds of dollars each, I would sue for all lost income. and they produce decent size litters, that's over $1000 a year for every year I can breed them.