Saudi Arabia Bans Domestic Pets
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (July 30th, 2008)
A Saudi Arabian official has declared that the religious police have announced a ban on selling cats and dogs as pets, or walking them in public in the Saudi capital, “because of men using them as a means of making passes at women”.
According to Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice in Riyadh, this order is not a new one this is an old edict issued by the supreme council of saudi scholars.
The main reason for the ban is that some men using pets in public “to make passes on women and disturb families”. No more details are available.
Pet shops of Riyadh ware asked to stop selling cats and dogs. There are few more queries among the pet lovers- what is the fate of the confiscated cats and dogs? and how dog owners are going to exercise their dog if walking them is banned.
This news is quite a shock - and we’re still not sure yet whether the ban applies to cats and dogs that people already own - and if so, what is going to happen to them?
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Pet-Luver on August 2nd 2008 in News