{"id":14513,"date":"2013-06-07T02:19:38","date_gmt":"2013-06-06T22:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=14513"},"modified":"2013-06-07T02:19:38","modified_gmt":"2013-06-06T22:19:38","slug":"so-much-for-mans-best-friend-iran-bans-dog-walking-in-public-and-warn-animals-could-be-arrested-if-caught-outside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=14513","title":{"rendered":"So much for man&#8217;s best friend: Iran bans dog-walking in public and warn animals could be &#8216;arrested&#8217; if caught outside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/i11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14511\" alt=\"i1\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/i11.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/i11.jpg 634w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/i11-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/i11-465x300.jpg 465w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a>Walking dogs in public or driving them around in cars is set to be banned in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Now dog owners fear their pets will be &#8216;arrested&#8217; if they are caught in public and they could also face a fine.<\/p>\n<p>It is the latest attempted crackdown on dogs in the country, where the animals are viewed as unclean.<\/p>\n<p>In 2011, authorities threatened to criminalise dog ownership and said the growing popularity of keeping the pets &#8216;poses a cultural problem, blind imitation of the vulgar Western culture&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>However the Iranian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has questioned whether this is illegal and said that now law forbids dog ownership, according to AFP.<\/p>\n<p>It said dozens of dogs had been &#8216;arrested&#8217; and were taken to &#8216;undisclosed locations&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Dog owners are now walking their pets at night to avoid detection.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the threats, sales of dogs are still booming.<\/p>\n<p>Pet shop owners and vets said sales of dogs have risen sharply in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Dogs are considered &#8216;unclean&#8217; but guard dogs are common and tolerated, although they are not usually allowed into homes.<\/p>\n<p>Specially trained dogs, such as those that detect drugs, or sheepdogs are also allowed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walking dogs in public or driving them around in cars is set to be banned&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[224,140,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-region","category-world","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}