Monday, January 10, 2011

News: Swiss village - pay your dog tax or Fido gets it

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News: Swiss village - pay your dog tax or Fido gets it

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Swiss village: pay your dog tax or Fido gets it


The Associated Press 
Monday, January 10, 2011; 11:42 AM

GENEVA -- A Swiss village has found a drastic way to compel dog holders to pay their pet's annual tax: cough up, or the dog gets it.

Reconvilier - population 2,245 humans, 280 dogs - plans to put Fido on notice if its owner doesn't pay the annual $50 tax.


Local official Pierre-Alain Nemitz says the move is part of an effort to reclaim hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid taxes.

He says a law from 1904 allows the village to kill dogs if its owner does not pay the canine charge.

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Nemitz told the AP on Monday that authorities have received death threats since news of the plan got out.

"This isn't about a mass execution of dogs," Nemitz said. "It's meant to put pressure on people who don't cooperate."

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