Pet Allowance
Pet Allowance
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i love the quebec pet allowances they are so silly it's like a riddle
Number of pets allowed
Usual limits
A total of 8 pets are allowed (among the allowed species), including the maximum permissible for dogs and cats.
Up to 4 pets are allowed, including a maximum of 3 dogs.
Examples:
- You can have 4 rabbits, 3 dogs and 1 cat.
- You can't have 4 frogs and 4 dogs.
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dogs ≤ 3
cats + dogs ≤ 4
others + cats + dogs ≤ 8
others ∈ Allowed Species109 0 ReplyLol this helped me understand the text, thanks.
Does an aquarium of fish count as one pet, or does every individual fish count?26 0 ReplyIt depends on whether you have MERGED the fish
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Also, fish do not count towards this limit.
22 0 ReplyTwo cats, a dog, and sixteen full grown swordfish
19 0 ReplyBluefin tunas will do nicely, too, they grow up to more than half a ton
10 0 ReplyJesus, how much money do you think I make? Put the tuna back, we're getting a guppy....
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Not sure if
cats + dogs ≤ 4
I read It asnot dogs ≤ 4
I guess that your ruleset comes from the mention of
including the maximum for cats and dogs
and maybe those are the only ones that are calledpets
but 🤔20 0 ReplyYeah, I'm very confused by the "8 pets are allowed" and "4 pets are allowed", it reads to me like "You can have 8 pets as long as you have at most 4 pets" which obviously makes no sense.
23 0 ReplyIt's just badly translated. In French it clearly says maximum of 4 cats and dogs, of which a maximum of 3 dogs.
18 0 ReplyVous pouvez avoir jusqu’à 8 animaux, toutes espèces autorisées confondues. Les poissons ne comptent pas dans la limite de 8 animaux.
Sur ces 8 animaux, vous pouvez avoir jusqu’à 4 chats et chiens, dont un maximum de 3 chiens.
My god, that's so much less stupid!
"You can have up to 8 animals, all (something) authorized species. Fish do not count toward the 8 animal limit.
"Of those 8 animals, you can have up to 4 cats and dogs, with a maximum of 3 dogs."
Both the English and French versions are on https://montreal.ca/en/topics/pet-license
10 0 ReplySo it's a trick maths question that actually requires you to know French and have seen these rules in it, seems legit
8 0 ReplyI dunno, I hadn't seen them, nor do I know french. The second "pets" covering cats and dogs was the only way I could see the statements didn't contradict.
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"and these are my pet cats over here, and my working cats over there"
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This gives me integer linear programming flashbacks...
18 0 ReplyThat's a good thing! right?
...right?
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So I can have 12 cats if I have -8 dogs?
11 0 ReplyIt's quite heavily implied the above is only defined in ℕ
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