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Their complaint relates to the authority's regulation that all dogs in the capital must be embedded with a microchip.

"This regulation is illegitimate," lawyer Prayat Senvirach said yesterday.

Promulgated last July, the regulation will take effect on July 5. Dog owners must register their pooches and pay for the microchip while those regularly feeding strays must do the same. Failure to do so is punishable by a maximum fine of Bt5,000.

"This is so unfair to animal lovers," Prayat said.

The Administrative Court agreed to rule on the case.