Banning pets in Saudia Arabia

Marathon Pundit has a good post on the latest dictate out of Saudia Arabia's Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. 

The Makkah governorate, acting on a request from the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, has decided to prohibit the sale of pet cats and dogs. The commission made the request after it noticed many young Saudis going out in streets with their pet dogs in violation of the Kingdom’s culture and traditions.

Even though many Saudis have lately been acquiring dogs and cats as pets, often imported from other countries like the United States, Russia, Hungary, Ukraine and some other European countries, these animals have been deemed "unclean" "dirty" and disease carriers which might affect newborns and the elderly.

Dogs, and maybe cats, are one of life's best gifts.

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[shyquisses]

I think animals and dogs are the most precious things in life!!!