It’s time to license cats, too

Lifestyles
Sept 18, 2009
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As a loyal dog owner, I do everything I can to keep my dogs safe. A fence secures my yard. I take my dogs to be groomed at least every six weeks, and I also have them immunized. I pay the fee to license my dogs as mandated by my county. I don’t even have a problem with the fact that the fee for a license will increase to $20 per dog. I am willing to pay the increased fee to know if lost, my dogs will be able to be tracked through their licenses and returned to me.

Most of my neighbors have cats, some of which run loose in the community. More often than not, while working in my flower beds, I have come across evidence that I have been visited by my neighbors’ cats.

With the increase in the dog license fee, I feel it would only benefit the county’s coffers to impose a cat license as well. Dog owners are being penalized and discriminated against for loving and protecting their animals, when those who profess to loving their cats are not imposed a similar fee.

Let’s increase the county funds and make it equal to all of those who are pet lovers.

— Kathy Taylor

Vandalia

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