Who knows what rules there are for raising dogs in Zhuhai?

Recently, Zhuhai issued a government order to implement the Interim Measures on the Responsibility and Supervision of Dog Owners in Zhuhai from August 1 day, and implemented a special supervision system for dog breeding, which is naturally to cope with the growing dog-raising fever in the city. Take a closer look at the main points of these measures. The main aspect is to limit each household to two dogs at most, and it is forbidden to bring dogs into some public places (Southern Metropolis Daily reported yesterday). In general, it is to refine the rights and responsibilities of dog owners. From the institutional point of view, such administrative supervision measures are undoubtedly timely.

However, although the idea of the system is good, it is not negotiable. Take the limit on the number of dogs per household. We don't know what the basis of this limit is, why not one or three. According to the specific situation, there is a clear difference between raising a small pet dog and raising a large dog. As long as the house is spacious, there is not much problem in raising two or three puppies. In my opinion, it is actually difficult to guarantee the number of restrictions across the board, which involves quite high supervision and management costs and is likely to produce a large number of "black dogs" not listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Instead, it is better to relax this one-size-fits-all restriction and levy a high management fee on more than a certain number of dog owners, which not only ensures people's right to choose the number of dogs, but also regulates the number of dogs through economic means.

In addition, in the implementation of dog management, I think the government should also give up the traditional management mode of arranging instead. Because it is difficult for the government to bear such a large management cost, and in fact, it is difficult to supervise a large range of cities in detail. When I lived in Boston, I could clearly see the requirements for dogs in every apartment on the house lease. Dogs were forbidden in many apartments. In Boston and many parts of the United States, the restrictions on keeping dogs are set by the community, not uniformly enforced by the government. It is far more efficient for a specific community to make its own rules and supervise and manage itself than for the government to cast a net to track them.

In addition, on the very sensitive issue of dogs, this provision is also vague. In fact, many cities in China have successively issued regulations prohibiting the keeping of strong dogs such as Tibetan mastiffs in urban areas, and Chongqing even has a fine as high as 1000 yuan. This shows that all localities are beginning to realize the potential danger brought by strong dogs in densely populated urban areas, and we often see news reports of injuries caused by strong dogs, the frequency of which is beyond imagination. However, Zhuhai has not strengthened management in this respect and should be strictly supervised. On the contrary, the number of dogs is too strict and should not be across the board. Perhaps managers need to understand that the system needs to be tightened, but where it is loose and tight is worthy of serious consideration, otherwise it will really violate the original intention of urban management.