Municipality talks about the environmental issues with too many animals, obviously if people are causing health or environmental problems one can act on the relevant bylaws already in place, without restricting the number of animals people can keep. That is an invasion of their constitutional rights. Animals are classified as property, one cannot restrict people of the number of cars they own or children they can have (pets are like children to many people), so how can they possibly restrict the number of pets they have that are of value to the safety of both their children and their cars. Dogs keep the thieves away and cats keep the rats away, so in effect they are complimenting the area and keeping it environmentally safe from bad elements in society and clean from vermin.