Posted on 07/06/2015 6:15:53 PM PDT by artichokegrower
Michigan woman heads to court Tuesday after being arrested for failing to renew her dogs license.
Becky Rehr says she drove to the Kalamazoo County sheriffs office June 23 to prove that shes recently renewed the license for the familys 11-year-old dog, Dexter. Rehrs 14-year-old daughter waited in the car as her mother was arrested, fingerprinted and held for three hours, The Kalamazoo Gazette said.
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In the rural areas where local peeps are more likely to be responsible, dog licenses are less indicated. Making it criminal? Not so much.
The real reason they arrest people is because of a failure to pay a tax.
They don’t give a **** about the dogs, they just want the money.
You got that right. How do you think “County animal control Director Steve Lawrence” gets paid? Let’s say there’s 10,000 dogs in the county, then that’s $100,000 right there. Pays his salary.
Ahh,the land of the free
Can you imagine our grandparents having to get a license to own a dog and what they would do if you even tried to pass such nonsense?
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