Libertad Cercenada

La medida se instituyó después de una serie de ataques de perros. Según los granjeros la ley roza el ridículo, pues sus perros ni siquiera salen de la granja. El problema son en todos caso los perros agresivos y mal amaestrados, pero en aras del interés general el Gobierno ha preferido cargar un “impuesto” a todos los dueños de perros, granjeros incluidos.

The Government has snubbed farmers and their lobbyists by refusing to exempt farm dogs from rules that dogs first registered from July must be microchipped. (...)

The new requirement under the Dog Control Act – to allow instant identification after a dog attack – was framed after a series of dog attacks, including one on Carolina Anderson, then aged seven, who was severely mauled in a central Auckland park in 2003.

Dogs already registered on July 1 do not need to be microchipped, but farmers have likened the cost of microchipping to the infamous "dog tax" which triggered armed confrontation between European authorities and the Hau Hau cult at Hokianga in April 1898.

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