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Prohibition on pets makes little sense.
In today's column, I look at how Londoner Kane Thomson is being forced to get rid of most of his pet birds because of London bylaws that permit residents to own three dogs but only two birds. (You can read it by clicking here.)

While researching the story, I spoke to Nancy Daniels, director of Parrot Adopt Southern Ontario, an Omeemee-based (near Lindsay) operation that rescues and rehabs abandoned and unwanted parrots. There wasn't enough space in the column to include Daniels' remarks. But among other things, she said that while there are no similar bylaws in Omeemee, Oshawa tried to institute such limits, but the proposed bylaws were squashed. Daniels emphasized that birds, especially finches and budgies, usually live in large societies and it's unreasonable to lump birds into the same category as cats or other animals. "They're not a menace," said Daniels. "They're not peeing and pooping on people's property or doing anything damage-wise. They're not going to attack the neighbours. It's silly. And the noise from a budgie would be no louder than a bird outside. It would be less than that, so I can't see why someone would complain." At that point in our conversation, Daniels remarked that she was sitting about 10 feet from 23 birds, and she told me to listen as she held the phone up. I heard nothing.