No person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge of any dog shall cause, suffer, or allow such dog to soil, defile, defecate on or commit any nuisance on any common thoroughfare, sidewalk, passageway, bypath, play area, park, school ground, or any space where the public congregate or walk upon any public property or place whatsoever or upon any private property without the permission of the owner of said property. The person who so curbs such dog shall immediately remove all feces deposited by such dog by any sanitary method by the department of health. 9-12.2 Disposal Feces Deposit. The feces removed from the aforementioned designated area shall be disposed of by the person owning, harboring, or keeping or in charge of any dog curbed in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance in a sanitary method approved by the department of health. Sure he would, if he knew it could mean the difference between life and death.
Licensed cats are more likely to be reunited with their owners if they stray and become lost.
Licensed cats are more likely to receive emergency veterinary treatment if they're injured and you're not home to authorize treatment. Licensed cats are more likely to be vaccinated against rabies, protecting themselves and humans from contracting this deadly virus. And licensed cats are more likely to contribute to the solution to cat overpopulation, not the problem itself. Cat licensing is a registration and identification system proven to protect cats and protect people. That's why The Human Society of the United States and many other organizations and individuals support cat licensing.