I recently received a call from the Auburn Police Department stating that I have a dog and didn't license it this year. I had to explain that my dog passed away.
Is the city of Auburn that desperate for money that a city department had to call and try to collect my $6?
Brenda Cyr, Auburn
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When they start requiring a
When they start requiring a tax on cats, hampsters, and goldfish, I'll start paying a tax on my dog. Until then, the petty politicians can bugger off.
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Not being very civic minded, Mac....0O:)
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Very civic... I keep my pets indoors, pick up their poop, take care of them, and feed them properly. I once lived in a Maine township that, only a few years prior, had a cow tax. With cows outnumbering humans, they saw it as easy money. This is just another cow tax.
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You should have made that comment to the person who called. They'd have explained that they're trying to keep your neighborhood healthy by making sure you don't keep a diseased pet. I remember once my vet got a complaint from a guy who wanted to buy one worm pill. They told him they would not sell it to him unless the pet came in to be seen. The guy has a pet who doesn't get checkups and is probably carrying all kinds of diseases harmful to animals and people. This is the kind of thing the city is trying to prevent when they call you. If it had been about the money, wouldn't they be calling us every time we're late on the car registration?
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Would you like to respond? Login or create a new account. You'll need to verify your account before you can respond.Oj - under current law you
Oj - under current law you can go 3 years on a rabies vaccine - so people can register a dog and not have any care provided or exams performed. The license does not guarentee anything other than the dog had a rabies vaccine or booster within the prescribed timeframes - which can be done at a clinic without an exam if someone so chooses. Its a double edged sword for the towns - do we apply a fee for licensing or a larger charge when the dog is captured roaming at large - we know a percentage of the population will not take back their dog if there is a cost involved, thus they never register them.
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double post, sorry
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a pet is so that they can tax us on yet another item. The greed of our gov't is so out of control it is sickening.
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You should have told them you no longer drive your dog.
Then hung up.
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That type of phone call adds new meaning to the "Dog Days of August".
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The city of lewiston sends reminder postcards if you do not register with instructions if you no longer have that pet for any reason.
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I'm sorry for the loss of your pet, but did you take a moment to notify the City of Auburn that your pet had died? Yes, it seems like a trivial thing, but take a moment to look at what licensing is about. It is a way to be able to identify a lost pet and return the pet to its owner. It is also a way to indentify, and verify, that a pet has had the required vaccinations so that someone won't have to needlessly endure a round of rabies shots if bitten by the pet. The $6 you pay for the license is basically covering administrative costs. Again, sorry about the loss of your pet, I know all to well how it feels to lose a faithful companion and friend.
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Would you like to respond? Login or create a new account. You'll need to verify your account before you can respond.Huh, Ya think so cranky yankee, not
iIentification? I think not. First off, it is not safe for the licensing tag to be attached to your pets collar as it poses a tangling hazard with the leash and a run and can lead to strangulation. Vets discourage attaching the licensing and/or the rabies tags to your pet which is why they tape the rabies tag to the certificate and don't graciously offer to attach it to your pet's collar at the time of vaccination for you. I have a registered certified service animal so it was extremely important to me that if we should ever be seperated such as in an auto accident or she were to be stolen, she would be identified and returned therefore she was chipped and tatooed. I was assured that vets always check every animal that comes in for chips and verifiy ownership through the registry for the above reasons. The only time my dog has ever been scanned was at my request and they had to hunt for the scanner which was in a box so covered with dust it obviously had not been used in years, gave me great confidence and I knew I wasted my money on that chip. If the city were truly concerned about diseases and not a quick and easy $6 they would be a) enforcing the pooper scooper ordinances in place and if they don't have them inact them; b) address the atlarge dog leash law/ordiance violation problem put ordinances in place where needed rather than waste resorces on owners who have demonstrated responsibility in the past by licensing; c) offer regular neighborhood vet programs for parasites including heartworm preventative, vaccinations for rabies, distemper, and boardatella, and spay/neutering but again those all require effort.
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Candice, sorry to disagree but the tag issued by the vet is meant to be attached to the collar-and in my dealings with several hundred vets over the past 45 years, not one has discourage attaching the tag to the collar, nor has any one of my dogs ever had a tangling issue with the tags. The point of the tag, however, is to verify quickly whether or not the pet is current on vaccinations and to cover the administrative record keeping costs. Whoever suggests that this is merely another way to tax something simply has his/her head where the sun ain't shinin'. The $6 barely covers the time to do the paperwork. If, as Candice suggests, if they were "truly concerned about disease" etc., then are you willing to pay someone's salary and benefits to do the job? I doubt it. Yes, at large dogs not on leashes is a problem. You should be able to call an animal control officer and have the dog picked up. Most towns have them, though they are usually part time or on call and not necessarily able to respond immediately. You offer a number of other important suggestions, and I agree with you, but exactly where do you think the money for those programs would come from? The paltry $6 license fee certainly wouldn't begin to cover those costs. My most recent dog does have a chip, plus he has three tags, one from the shelter where we got him, one for the annual registration from the town, and one general identification tag. In addition to that, he has the chip that was implanted by the shelter, which is a first for us, because he is the first dog we've had since the chip program began.
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Sad!
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