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i love the quebec pet allowances they are so silly it’s like a riddle

Number of pets allowed

Usual limits

A total of 8 pets are allowed (among the allowed species), including the maximum permissible for dogs and cats.

Up to 4 pets are allowed, including a maximum of 3 dogs.

Examples:

  • You can have 4 rabbits, 3 dogs and 1 cat.
  • You can’t have 4 frogs and 4 dogs.
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    dogs ≤ 3
    cats + dogs ≤ 4
    others + cats + dogs ≤ 8
    others ∈ Allowed Species

    • @[email protected]
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      2610 months ago

      Lol this helped me understand the text, thanks.
      Does an aquarium of fish count as one pet, or does every individual fish count?

      • @UnderpantsWeevil
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        1910 months ago

        Two cats, a dog, and sixteen full grown swordfish

        • lad
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          1010 months ago

          Bluefin tunas will do nicely, too, they grow up to more than half a ton

          • @[email protected]
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            810 months ago

            Jesus, how much money do you think I make? Put the tuna back, we’re getting a guppy…

    • lad
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      2010 months ago

      Not sure if cats + dogs ≤ 4 I read It as not dogs ≤ 4

      I guess that your ruleset comes from the mention of including the maximum for cats and dogs and maybe those are the only ones that are called pets but 🤔

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        2310 months ago

        Yeah, I’m very confused by the “8 pets are allowed” and “4 pets are allowed”, it reads to me like “You can have 8 pets as long as you have at most 4 pets” which obviously makes no sense.

        • @[email protected]
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          1810 months ago

          It’s just badly translated. In French it clearly says maximum of 4 cats and dogs, of which a maximum of 3 dogs.

          • hallettj
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            1010 months ago

            Vous pouvez avoir jusqu’à 8 animaux, toutes espèces autorisées confondues. Les poissons ne comptent pas dans la limite de 8 animaux.

            Sur ces 8 animaux, vous pouvez avoir jusqu’à 4 chats et chiens, dont un maximum de 3 chiens.

            My god, that’s so much less stupid!

            "You can have up to 8 animals, all (something) authorized species. Fish do not count toward the 8 animal limit.

            “Of those 8 animals, you can have up to 4 cats and dogs, with a maximum of 3 dogs.”

            Both the English and French versions are on https://montreal.ca/en/topics/pet-license

          • lad
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            810 months ago

            So it’s a trick maths question that actually requires you to know French and have seen these rules in it, seems legit

            • @[email protected]
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              110 months ago

              I dunno, I hadn’t seen them, nor do I know french. The second “pets” covering cats and dogs was the only way I could see the statements didn’t contradict.

        • dream_weasel
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          610 months ago

          “and these are my pet cats over here, and my working cats over there”

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    In Germany my colleague has to send a photo of his turtle every year to some gov/municipal agency, to track it’s growth and prove that is not an exotic/illegall type (which could only be seen when they get bigger)

  • RubberDuck
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    5110 months ago

    3 huskies, 4 wolves and a rooster… wake up bitches… awooooohhhooooo…

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      I’ve cross-bred eight different dogs with various species of fox, so they all count independently.

      Also, jesus christ the smell.

        • @I_Fart_Glitter
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          910 months ago

          Foxes are “prominent poopers” and I have several areas in my (rural) yard where foxes proudly display their turds. Atop an 8x8 fence post, a raised cement culvert opening, a mound of loam I never got around to landscaping with. They are replaced every few days, I find myself noticing the seasonal diets of the local foxes. It’s lizards, small rodents and fruit for the most part. Very occasionally birds.

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            He pooped in my window well and it looked like he shat out 3 full mice, hopefully this doesn’t become a thing.

            I get a lot of rabbits in my yard, and he’s been visiting for a while to hunt them without leaving poops like this.

            (Edit: actually I think it’s a she, there’s a den about 200m from my house and she had two kits last year, if you went for a walk in the morning you would often see them chasing rabbits in and out of the tall grass)

      • threelonmusketeers
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        210 months ago

        Is that possible? I’ve heard of coydogs, coywolves, and wolf/dog hybrids, but haven’t heard of fox hybrids…

        • @UnderpantsWeevil
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          210 months ago

          Is that possible?

          No idea. I was just in it for a joke. I know folks who have foxes as pets, though, and they really produce a pungent effect.

      • @DillyDaily
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        But then you’d have 4 dogs, 3 wolves and a rooster, and that’s against the rules.

        What you need is 2 huskies, a bloodhound, 2 wolves, a kakapo, a howler monkey, and a rooster. For best results, duct tape your kakapo to your monkey.

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    3510 months ago

    Makes sense to limit how many you can have, so you can’t have ridiculous number of cats or dogs in a small space. But it gets complicated with smaller animals and since they all have different space requirements.

  • @NotMelon
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    2810 months ago

    What about 5 frogs 2 dogs and a cat?

      • no banana
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        1010 months ago

        What’s the value of 3 frogs in cats?

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        no mention of horses, pigs, spiders or other inverts, so are those banned or not? seems like someone in admin really hated pets

        • @uservoid1
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          1210 months ago

          They don’t want farm animals in residential area, and I’m pretty good with no Arachnids list. And of course Goose is twice on the banned list to make it clear.

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          We have legislation that dictates what is considered an animal:

          “animal” means a live, non-human vertebrate

        • @einlander
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          110 months ago

          But do we know why she swallowed a spider?

      • @BreadOven
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        310 months ago

        Damn. Can’t move there with my cassowary.

  • @rtxn
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    1610 months ago

    You have one cat. It gives birth to a litter of four. What do?

  • Wugmeister
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    1310 months ago

    I just want to know who in their right mind would want to have 4 Rabbits, 3 dogs, and a cat all in one house

    • @hansl
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      710 months ago

      I have a friend with three kids. They had at one point 3 rabbits, 2 dogs and a cat. They don’t live on a farm, but they do have a large property (countryside).

      When I was in college I had a classmate who was living with 5 roommates in a large house and had 8 cats amongst them. No idea if it was legal then or if the landlord even knew.

      • Wugmeister
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        210 months ago

        Ah, I was imagining affordable living conditions of 1-3 bedroom apartment

  • @[email protected]
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    1110 months ago

    It’s like saying, if you can’t figure this out, you aren’t worth the one extra dog you have, please give it away.

  • THCDenton
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    410 months ago

    What about 1 axolotl?