Rats are Illegal in Alberta

[Euda]

Currently, only zoos, universities, and research institutes are allowed to own caged rats in Alberta, and possession of an unlicensed rat (including pet rats) is punishable by a $5,000 fine or 60 days in jail.

This came as a bit of a surprise to me. I've never been a big fan of rodents for pets, but so many people in Ontario love them.

What do you think? Reasonable to prevent infestations? or way overboard?

[Cytosine]

I thought this thread was about Alberta running out all the Conservative MPs.

I am disappoint.

[HippieTrippie]

Only Canada :facepalm:

[ShutMeUp]

That's ridiculous. If it's because of the cleanliness issue - rats are as clean (probably cleaner) than any other domestic pet.

[NamelessNom4d]

Only Canada :facepalm:

This.

Seriously, fail...

[Euda]

http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex3441

That link goes over the history of Rat Control in Alberta.

[Yggdrasil]

inb4xxombie

[5024L]

No one gives 2 fucks about those rats. I hope all those stupid fuckers who keep rats in their house get those fines.

[ShutMeUp]

inb4xxombie

Excuse me, I keep rats too :mad: well, kept.

No one gives 2 fucks about those rats. I hope all those stupid fuckers who keep rats in their house get those fines.

You clueless fuck. Why do you hope that?

[5024L]

Excuse me, I keep rats too :mad: well, kept.



You clueless fuck. Why do you hope that?
I dislike rats, that's why :mad:

[ShutMeUp]

I dislike rats, that's why :mad:

Rats are awesome :mad:

[Chris]

prolly because they don't want those motherfuckers breeding and fucking up the crops in a prairie province where it would take years for natural predators to kill them off.

[5024L]

Rats are awesome :mad:
I don't think so. They just seem like something I wouldn't want in my house.

[Yggdrasil]

Rats are awesome :mad:

Oi, I didn't mean to offend. Personally, I like rats, but my father has a fear that a pet rat'll somehow chew its way into the drywall and fuck with the electrical wiring of the house. He likes animals but this was the one thing that was always out of the question in regards to petkeeping when I was little.

[KevinLoveIsMyHero]

Oi, I didn't mean to offend. Personally, I like rats, but my father has a fear that a pet rat'll somehow chew its way into the drywall and fuck with the electrical wiring of the house. He likes animals but this was the one thing that was always out of the question in regards to petkeeping when I was little.

fucking FAGGOTS SHOULD BE ILLEGAL IN ALBERTA. DIE FAGGOT

[Lord Valuemart]

It's a disappointment, all those people in Alberta are missing out on a truly wonderful but misunderstood pet.

[Scoot]

Rats are awesome :mad:

See awesome they are when there is a whole horde of them in ur cupboards eatin ur foodz.:mad:

[Kwinnie Bogan]

Sounds like a good time to be investing in tiny little handcuffs shares.

[SHARP]

What do you think? Reasonable to prevent infestations? or way overboard?

Way overboard as pet rats doesn't causes infestations, it's about as stupid as one of our laws in regards to pets; simply put "you can't have an animal that causes fear", what a load of fucking bullshit is that? "causes fear"... Since New Year, every other week a person or pet have been attacked by one of the various breeds of fighting dogs all sorts of assholes keep over here, and nothing happens, but I couldn't even keep the least venomous of the Widow spiders if I wanted...

The world is full of stupid politicians and stupid laws, zombie-apocalypse-right-now-let's-start-over-and-get-it-right-this-time thankyouverymuch...

[SHARP]

^^OK, I was drunk, but we still have a problem with stupid laws, the people who pass them, and irresponsible idiots who get certain animals for the wrong reasons, carry on.

[M.Faraday]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Brown_rat_distribution.png

lol. look at the large Alberta-shaped hole in North America where rats don't live.

[Incunerdo]

As far as I am aware there is some half wit reason for this, something with crop protection. That was a deal breaker when making a decision to move out west to hit up the boom last year as I had pet rats at the time (they died in a house fire R.I.P). Looks like with the recession it was a good idea anyway. Although I live in a proudly agricultural province and we have no rat problem so I find the reasoning kind of weird.

[Mor3BL7]

what bout mice, is mice allowed there ma niggaz?

[Incunerdo]

Im also pretty sure that pitbulls are illegal in Ontario, or at least you need some special license or some shit to make sure your not fighting them. This is why I never got one when I lived there.

[skyclaw441]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Brown_rat_distribution.png

lol. look at the large Alberta-shaped hole in North America where rats don't live.

:facepalm: Fuck you, Alberta.

[Raptor Ribs]

Canada has a bunch of gay laws. I hate anti animals laws the most. If I want to keep a kangaroo and billy goat in my basement I should be allowed to.

[M.Faraday]

We do have those small deer mice in Alberta. But I have never met anyone who has seen a rat here. I'm glad we don't have them here... they seem disgusting.

[nooner]

It is now my life's mission to transplant the common rat inside Alberta's fair borders...

[Kwinnie Bogan]

It is now my life's mission to transplant the common rat inside Alberta's fair borders...

Where may one leave his mark to commit to playing ones part in your devious endeavours?

[Ivy Mike]

It is now my life's mission to transplant the common rat inside Alberta's fair borders...

*beats you to death with a sack of wheat*

[Crackpot Pyschologist]

This seems pretty unnecessary, i own 2 rats, (well now one, fuck, darkest moment of my life), anyway, they ARE one of the cleanest pets you could keep, as someone said, and the fear is just a PR issue. I even made 10$ from selling the 10 babies too the pet-store(IMO that was slavery, but no-one would adopt them seeing as how bad their rep is, eh, gotta be evil sometimes)

[Giomanach]

One of my neighbour's pet rats took a shit on my nice new coat when I was 11. It was runny and very fucking far from clean. Rats are a scourge upon the earth.