![]() She believes, “there is a direct link between violence against animals and violence against humans.” Marianne Thieme, the leader of the Party for the Animals, thinks there is a correlation between how society treats their animals with how they treat their civilians. Many municipalities spike taxes for store-bought dogs which incentivised people to adopt homeless dogs stuck in shelters instead.Īn animal police force was also set up to monitor crimes against animals and rescue animals in trouble. The World Animal Protection Agency believe is the most effective way to combat a stray dog population. They achieved this through the CNVR programme (Collect, Neuter, Vaccinate and Return) which is a nation-wide, government-funded sterilisation programme. ![]() Nowadays, about one in five homes own a pet dog. It is now forbidden for an owner to abuse any animal and doing so is punishable with a prison sentence of up to three years and a fine of €16,750. A century later, the animal protection act came into force. ![]() In 1864, the first animal protection agency was set up in The Hague. This created a shift in the societies’ perspective on the human-dog relationship, where the health of a dog came to be seen as a reflection on the well-being of the owner.ĭuring this time, the Dutch government also created a dog tax in an attempt to regulate the number of stray dogs in the Netherlands but this had the opposite effect: it produced more stray dogs as many people couldn’t afford (or didn’t want to) to keep their pet dogs. However, an outbreak of rabies led to widespread fear of contamination which led to many owners abandoning their disease-ridden pets. Given its intrinsic link to social status, there was a massive dog population in the Netherlands during the 19th century. ![]()
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