THE Solwezi Municipal Council has raised K7,370 from the dog registration exercise in the first half of this year.
Council public relations officer Thandiwe Tembo said the local authority is, however concerned that only about 70 dogs have been registered from a population of about 10,000 dogs in the district.
Ms Tembo said the council is worried with the poor response it has received from dog owners this year as many of them have shunned the registration.
“From this number, it is very worrying to us as a local authority because we feel that very few dogs have been vaccinated against rabies in the district,” she said in an interview.
She said the council was compelled to start killing stray and unregistered pets due to the poor response from pet owners.
The municipality has been receiving numerous complaints from members of the public on stray dogs that are moving around the townships.
Ms Tembo urged all dog owners to ensure that their pets are vaccinated against rabies by the Veterinary Department to make them eligible for registration.
Last week, the Solwezi Municipal Council announced that it has started killing all unregistered and stray dogs in the district because of the increased cases of dog bites and unattended pets posing a nuisance to the public.
Chibwili
July 10, 2015 at 6:10 pm
Solwezi Municipal Council the worst Municipal council in Zambia
Major BillGate Zotaya.
July 10, 2015 at 6:49 pm
KILL THE INNOCENT DOGS, OR KILL THE OWNERS PERIOD.
Hello Haters
July 10, 2015 at 7:44 pm
Ba yusi try raising dogs, than always shitting razor blades on tumfweko, you might find yourself a major importer for your dog meat in china, business idea for free, ba kwindi.
New Educated Zambia©
July 10, 2015 at 10:20 pm
Am not surprised. Under the pf government the country has gone to dogs
Czar
July 11, 2015 at 10:24 am
You must be one of them dogs that are being taxed.
Holiness
July 11, 2015 at 5:15 am
Ukutumpa konto iwe
pythias
July 11, 2015 at 7:15 am
hahahaha,dog levy is too high thts y pipo are shunng the exercis,instead of doing it for free lyk other countries.kwashatu dog tax pano
Screwdriver
July 11, 2015 at 10:56 am
ifyabupuba. ati dog TAX.
Man
July 11, 2015 at 12:05 pm
You have consumed all the taxes now you have gone to Dog tax shame on you bakonto imwe.
MD
July 11, 2015 at 4:59 pm
Things r really geting tough every da, even dogs
Uncle B.L.G
July 11, 2015 at 11:25 pm
The dog tax is the best if not the only way to keep dog owners in check and should be coupled with sensitisation as most be are leaning now how to keep dogs due to the influx of the many dog breads.keeping a dog is not as easy as throwing it nshima leftovers, thez visits to the vet and periodic de warming.