New pet keeping rules in the Netherlands

[Kieren Diment]

Apparently the Easter Quoll (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_quoll) is a good replacement for a cat.  However the australian regulatory environment makes this very difficult to do.


On 20/06/2013, at 5:55 AM, Paul Makepeace <paulm at paulm.com> wrote:

> Wow, and I thought Oakland (California) was permissive allowing us, in
> a large (~1M pop.) city, to keep cows and horses. You need an acre
> minimum for a horse, but so long as you can demonstrate adequate
> manure processing capacity, cows are a go.
> 
> Where is this fabulous discussion happening? Is there any urban
> precedent for water buffalo, or camels, in .NL?
> 
> Paul
> 
> On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Dirk Koopman <djk at tobit.co.uk> wrote:
>> It appears that my esteemed government has changed the rules about about
>> which pets one might keep at home. Apart from all the usual suspects, it
>> appears one may keep a water buffalo but, crucially, one will *not* be able
>> to keep a camel. Apparently, camels are dirty, disease ridden animals but
>> water buffaloes (by definition) must be clean and (contagious) disease free.
>> 
>> Given the respective O'Reilly colophons ("MSCE Core Elective Exams in a
>> Nutshell" and er.. the Camel Book) what does this all mean?
>> Dirk