THE QUEZON City Council has approved an ordinance which limits to four the number of cats and dogs residents can keep in their households.

Ordinance No. 2386, authored by Councilors Raquel Malañgen and Jessica Castelo Daza, is only awaiting Mayor Herbert Bautista’s signature for it to take effect.

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The ordinance, which the city council passed on March 13, provides for “comprehensive animal regulation and control in Quezon City.”

It consolidates previous regulations covering pet ownership in the city, including Ordinance No. 2155 approved in 2012 which requires the registration, vaccination and tagging of pets and Ordinance No. 1373 passed in 2004 which empowers the city veterinarian to regulate stray animals.

Section No. 6 of the new ordinance, however, sets a new restriction for animal lovers: “Pets should be kept to a maximumcentre of Benin City. It is being managed by the International Christian Center (ICC). The ICC is a religious organization involved in Christian missionary and humanitarian activities in rural communities in different states in Nigeria. Majority of the IDPs are displaced people from the north-east region of Nigeria due to the insurgent activities of Boko Haram and ethno-religious conflicts ([@bb0100]). The first batches of IDPs arrived in 2014 and since then, more displaced persons have being yearly admitted to the camp. Currently, the camp population is about 2000 persons including management staffs and IDPs with around 900 children made up mostly of Christians from Borno and Adamawa states. The camp has a clinic, and there is one health personal (a Nurse) that runs the clinic. There is availability