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Originally Posted by bobbie3917
yes pets do cost a lot of money to keep, but as a breeder i would rather my pup/kitten go to some1 that had to save the money for the pet and will love it 100% than the person that see them as a states symbol, and maybe they feed it the best food then have pet insurance but the pet licences is just 1 step to far, what happens if 1 year they don't have th money for it will the pet be taken away from them?
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Agreed - without the option of pet insurance I would not be able to justify having more than one or two cats. Add in an annual lump sum and I would never be able to do it on my own (although with Matt I could). And to be honest, I would much rather see a rescue cat get a loving home that can afford to feed it than know so many are denied even the chance to live in a rescue...
That said, I have thought it might be a good idea to set up charities that will spay/neuter/vax for free if given proof of income (which would have to be below a specified limit) in an ongoing effort to get all cats taken care of as well as possible. It strikes me as a strange discrepancy that we have nationalised healthcare for people, but not for pets, but obviously you can't make people pay taxes for other people's pets when they might not have any themselves.