“No, my cat is not dangerous,” said Iranian animal lover Mostafa, outraged by a proposal from ultraconservative lawmakers to ban pets.
The 25-year-old, who runs a pet supply shop on busy Eskandari Street in downtown Tehran, was stunned.
“Crocodiles can be called dangerous, but how can rabbits, dogs and cats be dangerous?” he said, incredulous that the bill was introduced one month ago.
The proposed law pits a growing number of people with pets against those who consider the practice decadent and hold that under Islamic law dogs, like pigs, are unclean.
Media reports have said that 75 lawmakers, or one-quarter of them, have
TEHRAN: “No, my cat is not dangerous,” says Iranian animal lover Mostafa, outraged by a proposal from ultraconservative lawmakers to ban pets. The 25-year-old, who runs a pet supplies shop on busy Eskandari Street in downtown Tehran, is stunned. “Crocodiles can be called dangerous, but how can rabbits, dogs and cats be dangerous?” he asked incredulously about the bill