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Pet Allowance (lemmy.world)
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sad sad mommy @noahsarca

i love the quebec pet allowances they are so silly it's like a riddle

Number of pets allowed

Usual limits

A total of 8 pets are allowed (among the allowed species), including the maximum permissible for dogs and cats.

Up to 4 pets are allowed, including a maximum of 3 dogs.

Examples:

  • You can have 4 rabbits, 3 dogs and 1 cat.
  • You can't have 4 frogs and 4 dogs.
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[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 109 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

dogs ≤ 3
cats + dogs ≤ 4
others + cats + dogs ≤ 8
others ∈ Allowed Species

[-] watersnipje 25 points 11 months ago

Lol this helped me understand the text, thanks.
Does an aquarium of fish count as one pet, or does every individual fish count?

[-] anguo@lemmy.ca 22 points 11 months ago

Also, fish do not count towards this limit.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago

Two cats, a dog, and sixteen full grown swordfish

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 10 points 11 months ago

Bluefin tunas will do nicely, too, they grow up to more than half a ton

[-] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago

Jesus, how much money do you think I make? Put the tuna back, we're getting a guppy....

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 20 points 11 months ago

Not sure if cats + dogs ≤ 4 I read It as not dogs ≤ 4

I guess that your ruleset comes from the mention of including the maximum for cats and dogs and maybe those are the only ones that are called pets but 🤔

[-] wandermind@sopuli.xyz 22 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I'm very confused by the "8 pets are allowed" and "4 pets are allowed", it reads to me like "You can have 8 pets as long as you have at most 4 pets" which obviously makes no sense.

[-] anguo@lemmy.ca 18 points 11 months ago

It's just badly translated. In French it clearly says maximum of 4 cats and dogs, of which a maximum of 3 dogs.

[-] hallettj@leminal.space 10 points 11 months ago

Vous pouvez avoir jusqu’à 8 animaux, toutes espèces autorisées confondues. Les poissons ne comptent pas dans la limite de 8 animaux.

Sur ces 8 animaux, vous pouvez avoir jusqu’à 4 chats et chiens, dont un maximum de 3 chiens.

My god, that's so much less stupid!

"You can have up to 8 animals, all (something) authorized species. Fish do not count toward the 8 animal limit.

"Of those 8 animals, you can have up to 4 cats and dogs, with a maximum of 3 dogs."

Both the English and French versions are on https://montreal.ca/en/topics/pet-license

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 8 points 11 months ago

So it's a trick maths question that actually requires you to know French and have seen these rules in it, seems legit

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[-] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 18 points 11 months ago

This gives me integer linear programming flashbacks...

[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That's a good thing! right?

...right?

[-] GiantRobotTRex@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 11 months ago

So I can have 12 cats if I have -8 dogs?

[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It's quite heavily implied the above is only defined in ℕ

[-] slaacaa@lemmy.world 55 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

In Germany my colleague has to send a photo of his turtle every year to some gov/municipal agency, to track it’s growth and prove that is not an exotic/illegall type (which could only be seen when they get bigger)

[-] watersnipje 57 points 11 months ago

Where can I apply to be a pet pictures officer?

[-] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago

Is this a WFH type job? If so, I'm fuckin in!

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 35 points 11 months ago

Makes sense to limit how many you can have, so you can't have ridiculous number of cats or dogs in a small space. But it gets complicated with smaller animals and since they all have different space requirements.

[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 9 points 11 months ago

Does seem silly to say someone can have 3 dogs and 4 cats but can't have 9 frogs/snakes/birds

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 15 points 11 months ago

"I have an ant farm with like 986 ants."

[-] Donkter@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

You must choose 4.

[-] NotMelon@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago

What about 5 frogs 2 dogs and a cat?

[-] uservoid1@lemmy.world 38 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Not allowed. You can have a maximum of 4 items of given pet type, 3 for dogs. You will have to give one frog away.

https://montreal.ca/en/topics/pet-license

https://montreal.ca/en/topics/authorized-pets

[-] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

What's the value of 3 frogs in cats?

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Pretty low, as the frogs are most likely dead at that point

[-] neo@feddit.de 3 points 11 months ago

African or a European frogs?

[-] 100@fedia.io 8 points 11 months ago

no mention of horses, pigs, spiders or other inverts, so are those banned or not? seems like someone in admin really hated pets

[-] uservoid1@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

They don't want farm animals in residential area, and I'm pretty good with no Arachnids list. And of course Goose is twice on the banned list to make it clear.

[-] LittleTarsier@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

We have legislation that dictates what is considered an animal:

“animal” means a live, non-human vertebrate

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[-] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

what if I trade one of the frogs for an alpaca?

[-] BreadOven@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Damn. Can't move there with my cassowary.

[-] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 24 points 11 months ago

[-] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

^ Found the Australian!

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[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago

You have one cat. It gives birth to a litter of four. What do?

[-] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 30 points 11 months ago

Believe it or not, jail.

[-] uservoid1@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago

When a dog, cat or rabbit gives birth, the puppy, kitten or kit may be kept without a license for a maximum of three months.

[-] Technoguyfication@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 months ago

You have to get licenses for your pets? Wtf?

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 17 points 11 months ago

How are they going to enforce pet limits if you're not required to register your pets? It's an annual tax per pet. It's also meant to encourage people to spay and neuter their pets. The money goes towards administering and enforcing the pet by-laws. It's usually something like $10 per pet that cannot reproduce, $50 per pet that can.

[-] Player2@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

You also get the first year free if you adopt an animal from a registered shelter

[-] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Breeders. At that point you’re probably considered one.

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

Probably an animal welfare thing

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Get you stomping boot.

[-] rmuk@feddit.uk 3 points 11 months ago

Very inefficient. Surely there's a market for a better option?

[-] ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 11 months ago

I just want to know who in their right mind would want to have 4 Rabbits, 3 dogs, and a cat all in one house

[-] hansl@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

I have a friend with three kids. They had at one point 3 rabbits, 2 dogs and a cat. They don’t live on a farm, but they do have a large property (countryside).

When I was in college I had a classmate who was living with 5 roommates in a large house and had 8 cats amongst them. No idea if it was legal then or if the landlord even knew.

[-] ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago

Ah, I was imagining affordable living conditions of 1-3 bedroom apartment

[-] Squire1039@lemm.ee 12 points 11 months ago

It's like saying, if you can't figure this out, you aren't worth the one extra dog you have, please give it away.

[-] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

What about 1 axolotl?

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