{"id":4579,"date":"2021-12-15T12:06:30","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T08:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzzing.com\/?p=4579"},"modified":"2021-12-15T12:06:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T08:06:30","slug":"iran-is-trying-to-make-pets-illegal-and-it-might-succeed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theflint.me\/?p=4579","title":{"rendered":"Iran is trying to make pets illegal. And it might succeed."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;No, my cat is not dangerous,&#8221; says Iranian animal lover Mostafa, outraged by a proposal from ultraconservative lawmakers to ban pets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iranian Members of the Parliament are making a concentrated effort to counteract the \u2018menace\u2019 of pet owners. They are drafting up a new law that would effectively make having pets \u2013 including a cat or a dog \u2013 illegal.<br>According to media reports, 75 MPs, or a quarter of parliament, signed to support the new pet laws in Iran.<br>I kid you not, the draft legislation described pet owners as a \u201cdestructive social problem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A proposal from ultraconservative lawmakers in Iran to ban pets has sparked criticism in the press, mockery on social networks and anger among residents of the capital <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y1G84e4dXB\">https:\/\/t.co\/y1G84e4dXB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1zCqIhxJt8\">pic.twitter.com\/1zCqIhxJt8<\/a><\/p>&mdash; AFP News Agency (@AFP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AFP\/status\/1469878425024348160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And if passed, it would ban \u201cimporting, raising, assisting in the breeding of, breeding, buying or selling, transporting, driving or walking, and keeping in the home wild, exotic, harmful and dangerous animals.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A truly inclusive law<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Not content on people with dogs and cats, the ban on pets in Iran would affect \u201ccrocodiles, turtles, snakes, lizards, mice, rabbits, and other unclean animals as well as monkeys.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some internet users reacted with irony and sarcasm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;How many times have cats sought to devour you so that you consider them wild, harmful, and dangerous?&#8221; journalist Yeganeh Khodami asked on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another posted a photo of his kitten with the message: &#8220;I have renamed my cat &#8216;Criminal&#8217; since I heard this proposed law.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those who are caught would be punished with a fine 10-30 times the minimum monthly wage. Plus, they\u2019d lose the animal and the vehicle used to transport it for three months.<br>Yikes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;No, my cat is not dangerous,&#8221; says Iranian animal lover Mostafa, outraged by a proposal from ultraconservative lawmakers to ban pets. Iranian Members of the Parliament are making a concentrated&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4579","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4664,"url":"https:\/\/theflint.me\/?p=4664","url_meta":{"origin":4579,"position":0},"title":"We found the purrfect way for you to destress!","date":"December 15, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Let\u2019s face it. 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