Animal Advocates: Mexico's Dog-Food Price Hike May Yield More Euthanizations Bob McPhail - San Diego Reader
go to original November 26, 2013

Pet joins unsuccessful protest against sales-tax increase (El Sol de Tijuana)

The skyrocketing cost of dog food along with new rules on its importation into Mexico have led animal advocates in Tijuana to warn of a new wave of canines abandoned in the street, adding to the 200–250 dogs already put to death each week at the municipal dog pound.

In the current economic climate, dog owners are likely to dump their pets on the streets as they discover they are unable to pay for the cost of their upkeep, Sergio Iván Márquez Gutiérrez of the non-profit group ProvidAnimal told the Baja California daily El Sol de Tijuana in an interview published November 23.

Márquez cited two factors for the expected increase in abandoned pets: the January 1 increase in the sales tax to 16 percent and a customs regulation in effect since October that limits the amount of dog food that can be brought into Mexico (one bag of 42 pounds or less per car) and the importation of dog food that contains beef is prohibited.

Currently, dog owners do not pay any sales tax on dog food, said Márquez. After December 31, he estimated, the cost of a bag of dog food in Tijuana will be more than double what is paid in San Diego.

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