Time Magazine, Swiss Village to Dog Owners: Pay Your Taxes, or Poochie Dies:
The taxman has never been a popular figure anywhere. But in the tiny Swiss village of Reconvilier, that functionary has assumed the even more detestable profile as the guy who’ll waste your dog if you don’t cough up what you owe.
Pierre-Alain Némitz said he’s been overwhelmed by insults and threats since the Reconvilier municipal council he heads informed residents in late December they risked seeing their dogs killed if they don’t pay the $48.50 annual tax the village levies per pooch.
