I agree with you on this one Jimmy, too many owners buy into schemes and just want to get their way, so if they see a ‘no pets’ by law, they do whatever it takes to circumvent it. I think is a reflection of society in general where adults are turning into children because they aren’t getting what they want.
My gripe is with ‘Companion Animals’ in strata schemes. It is a part of the entitlement mentality of our society as a whole, where one thinks they are ‘entitled’ to whatever they want regardless of any by laws or what the majority of owners want. I am certainly not anti pet, I love animals, however if a scheme chooses no pets, then that’s what should apply and should be respected (apart from guide and hearing dogs as per s49 of the SSMA).
My friends scheme has this particular problem where certain owners who have bought in go and get a doctor to give them a certificate that they require an animal for a ‘companion’. Many of those who claim they need an ‘companion’ animal actually just want a pet, but don’t want to call it that. What happened to the days of getting a human ‘companion’ like a friend or someone of the opposite sex? As controversial as that is, that is what I have found from my experience and from others who live in strata schemes.