I appreciate the efforts of the responsible dog owners in Tauranga, who keep their pets under control and pick up their dog's droppings. The cost of registration appears to be excessive and disproportioned to the services received.

Why is there no registration for cats? If the TCC through the Animal Services team claim to be responsible for controlling cats, why are they not doing their job?

Has anybody the faintest idea of how many thousands of felines there are roaming, unchecked, through the streets and sections of Tauranga each night?

If the TCC had a policy of ‘No Micro Chip or Registration No Cat', perhaps we would start to control the stray and feral cat plague.

MJ Worlledge, Bellevue.