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Pay Your Dog Tax or We Will Kill Your Pet

A teensy-tiny village in Switzerland is serious about collecting an annual pet tax—deadly serious.
With a population of 2,245 humans and 280 dogs, Reconvilier, Switzerland, has announced a plan to execute dogs if their owners don’t pay the annual $50 tax.

Pierre-Alain Nemitz, a local official, told the AP that the law aims to reclaim hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid taxes. How 280 dogs at 50 bucks a pup will account for hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue was not explained. Perhaps dog tax dollars, like dog years, are counted at an accelerated rate—say 1,000 to one. 14,000 is probably a lot of money for a small village but this seems like a ridiculous idea and the village shouldn't expect anyone with any type of pet to willingly move there with such horrendous laws.

For $50 a year per dog there better be some major services offered to the owners which benefit the dogs themselves (perhaps a park with agility equipment and a lake). Oh wait we just paid $60 a year per dog so the girls could receive a 3 year rabies vaccination and we get absolutely nothing in return. Well I hope the Village can explain how they will use the $14,000 they are trying to collect under threat of death.

The townspeople aren’t taking the threat sitting down. Nemitz told the AP on Monday that authorities have received death threats since news of the plan leaked.

http://www.takepart.com/news/2011/01/10/welcome-to-reconvilier-pay-your-taxes-or-we-kill-your-dog

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