A mandatory license to own a pet ?

What if you needed a license to own a pet? This is how Belgian animal rights group Sans Collier wants to fight animal abuse.

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00:00The detention permit is a simple and effective tool.

00:16Everyone has it in their majority.

00:18You don't have to do anything to get it.

00:20You have it, you have 18 years, you have your detention permit.

00:23On the other hand, its advantage is that you can withdraw it relatively easily,

00:27since it is not necessary to make a judicial decision.

00:29The administration itself, a civil servant, can decide to withdraw your detention permit.

00:41The detention permit aims to fight against recidivism in the face of animal abuse.

00:45Previously, someone who abused his animal, he got caught,

00:49he could, on the same day, go buy, for example, a new dog,

00:52without being worried, in all equality.

00:55It's obviously very problematic.

00:57It's a tool that works, since since its launch, its application, on January 1, 2019,

01:01there have already been 14 retreats.

01:26The detention permit is a simple and effective tool.

01:29Everyone has it in their majority.

01:31You don't have to do anything to get it.

01:33You have it, you have 18 years, you have your detention permit.

01:36On the other hand, its advantage is that you can withdraw it relatively easily,

01:39since its launch, on January 1, 2019,

01:41there have already been 14 retreats.

01:43Previously, someone who abused his animal, he got caught,

01:45he could, on the same day, go buy, for example, a new dog,

01:47without being worried, in all equality.

01:49It's obviously very problematic.

01:51It's a tool that works, since since its launch,

01:53on January 1, 2019,

01:55there have already been 14 retreats.

01:57It's also a message that we send to society.

02:00Basically, having a pet is not an immutable freedom.

02:03You have duties, and the state can decide

02:05to take away your right to have animals.

02:23you