Cat Had My Tongue
Napster, doing his impression of a stray cat.
Slow again to chronicle something that is set to affect a huge number of Haligonians, and in this case their fluffy friends -- city council finally passed that ridiculous cat by-law by a vote of 11 to 9.
It's basically a combination of law enforcement nightmare and fiscal extortion for cat owners. Starting April 1st, cat owners will have to register their pets at a cost of $10 to $30 per year. The money will go to fund a new SPCA building that will then handle the huge influx of cats expected once the other part of the bill kicks in -- the legal trapping of neighbourhood strays and pet cats by your average Joe citizen.
It bothers me that they want me to now pay a yearly fee for our cat. It bothers me that they are further endorsing a neighbour vs. neighbour mentality in the city and playing up to the animal haters among us. It bothers me that it's going to cost $3.3-god-damned-million. What most infuriated me, however, was when the Daily News interviewed as many of the yes-voting councillors as they could get on record as to how many complaints are actually made annually about cats running amok. The bulk of these anti-pussy brigade apparently have to deal with as many as one entire call per month on average! That's their own admission. More during elections, possibly, they suggest. It's a wonder their ears haven't dropped off from all that call-fielding.
That's it for this post. I do my best to keep profanity out of this blog... Honestly, I don't think anyone should vote for someone who isn't smart enough to reply, "Cat in your garden, M'am? Don't call your councillor. Try mothballs or buy a dog."
Thanks to the Daily News for publishing the names of the 11 wastes of flesh that voted for this insane waste of the public process, though I can't seem to find a link to the online list.
Honestly, this is the same crap that caused the bubonic plague. Get rid of the cats and it becomes a paradise for rats and other vermin. Lovely city we're going to have here. Fact is, we've pretty much made the decision that we won't be living in Halifax by the time this law kicks in. That's fine because even if we were, I wouldn't be wasting my money to register our cat. I don't support the firearms registry, so I sure as Hell don't support this ludicrous enterprise.
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Hmmm...wonder if they have special registration cat-egories for restricted and prohibited cats?? Would a Manx be considered a prohibited cat due to tail length?? Gads, these stupid bureaucrats and their regisrty fetishes.
10:28 PM
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