Oh, this is good...taking the piss out of government bureacracy AND fighting for equal rights for pooch & people alike! LOL.

Toby became a registered voter when his owner, Peter Rhodes of Queenstown, completed an enrolment form in the dog's name, giving his occupation as "rodent exterminator" and his age as 28.

Rhodes, an aviation safety specialist who said he was making a humorous point about local government bureaucracy, was shocked to receive written confirmation of Toby's enrolment in the Otago electorate on New Zealand's South Island.