Animals & Pets

Q: What is the ruling on keeping a dog? What rules do we have to follow if we have a dog for safety reasons?

Q: A friend has recently given me cat food for my pet cat, and I know that it is not permissible for her to consume it, what do I do with the food?

Q: An elderly couple inherited two dogs from their son, due to some family situation. The couple are unable to maintain the dogs, such as feed them and take them out for the daily walk. By nature, this particular breed of dogs are considered very dangerous and aggressive. The couple have been unable to sell them or give them away, even to the SPCA. In this particular situation, is it permissible for a vet to euthanise (put down) the dogs. 

Q: A friend of a friend owns an elderly cat who is quite ill- heart trouble and kidney disease etc. Vets have told her not to waste money on medication but rather have the cat put down to put it out of its misery.  She wants to know if this is jaaiz. Very interesting question.  Basically is euthanasia allowed for animals?

Q: A website visitor wants to know whether sterilizing or neuter pets (especially dogs & cats) is permissible. Also the permissibility of electronic chip implant for registration purposes.

In addition to the questions earlier, the person also wants to know if is permissible for her to euthanise a sick cat because of illness or unable to afford the vet's bill.

Q: Can you give dogs the dog food which is available in the market today. Its commonly known that it is made from pork and horse meat?

Q: I'm a dog trainer; train them in obedience n guard training. Is this permissible? 

Q: One brother in Mozambique got some cows.  He wants to use male cows for transporting coconut in jungle.  At the moment he is using tractor and he is think to use male cows to save money on diesel. To use the male cows you have to castrate them ( that is remove the genitals ) so they are not inclined to female cows.  He wants to know whether it is permissible to this with the animal.

Q: If Hog or Pig manure is used as fertilizer and would it be objectionable to consume the vegetables or plants that grow in that area?

Q: Is it permissible to have a dog at home as a "guard" against thieves?