I really think it's about time local governments thought about introducing some kind of licence system for cats and dogs. In Britain you used to have to have dog licence and it had to be renewed every year, but they scrapped it.
If you had to pay a fixed fee, it doesn't have to be huge but puts some kind of responsibility to owning a pet, then I'm sure more people would think twice and animals woudn't get adopted to idiots.
Is there any kind of licencing in the US, I guess it would vary from state to state?