Government advice on Pets

Cat and dog owners are to be told to provide "entertainment" and "mental stimulation" for their pets under new government advice.
The code of practice also includes advice on diet and providing "somewhere suitable to go to the toilet". (bbc 4/11/08)

At a time of economic crisis when government spending is mushrooming out of all proportion it says something about this government that they employ people to do something as pointless and idiotic as to tell people how to look after their pets.

If ever there was evidence of the opportunity to cut government spending to reduce taxes without having any effect on services then this is it.