Swiss Village: Pay Up or We'll Kill Your Dog

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.

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."

[nimbunje]

Have you noticed these people who recommend that this be killed or that gets killed get all ordinary when someone comes up and kills them

[morris2196]

Governments use many forms of extortion; this one is new to me.

[eastcoastman]

i wanted to always go to swizz ,save money up to vacation there, now i'm really turned off by this evil evil evil law...

[eastcoastman]

if anybody would dare try to kill my dog,anybody on earth...they better know i'm coming for them at their own house....a dog is more loyal than any humane is...my dog would protect and take a bullet for my family...and i would justfully avenge any murder to my dog.....these idiot polititians/goverment are way out of line..the citizens need to go after the ones trying to do this evilness to their society..

[eastcoastman]

taxing for dogs ? how low can the goverment go?

[eastcoastman]

these idiots, if you kill somebodys dog, you best expect putting your own lives and family at rsik...how stupid.

[eastcoastman]

idiots making threats like this, take away their power..

[gregwel]

If you'r required to pay a tax for FIDO, you should be eligible to an additional dependent & qualify for an added tax break. After all, if you can be criminaly charged for child abuse, & or animal abuse, than they deserve the same exemptions. "POLITICALY CORRECT", right. Fair is fair.

[omnibus66]

Politicians and bureaucrats in this country are on a never ending quest to steal more and more money from the people. I wish that this article had not been printed.

[formrusmcsgt]

The three neighbors behind me and the neighbors on both sides have dogs that yap all the time.

I wish Las Vegas had a similar law....