Pet Licensing?
I'll soon (2 months) begin full-timing. Just myself and 2 dogs. I keep their shots up and have them licensed in the Houston, TX area. Once I begin my big adventure, I don't intend to return to TX o...
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BIKERK9 wrote:
IMHO the city/county requirement for licensing dogs is a form of extortion.
NOT.
The only requirement for licensing in most municipalities is to have a Rabies vaccination. This is for the protection of PEOPLE. This is about the only way to get the population of dogs (and cats in some areas) vaccinated.
Look at the statistics for rabies deaths world wide and you'll see that the number of deaths in the US is really low compared to much of the rest of the world. When dealing with an endemic disease like rabies, immunization of a major percentage of the population is the only way of safeguarding us, let alone the dogs and cats.
Licensing is a different requirement in different areas. Some have state wide, county or city requirement. We, in Indiana, have a state requirement for rabies vaccination for both cats and dogs, but licensing is left to each city. People who live in an unincorporated area don't have the same licensing requirement.
Doug, DVM
