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What ? In what country ?
In most areas in the USA you need to get a Rabies tag. You pay the county (or whatever) a fee and get a certificate and a tag to put on your dog collar. Both are numbered and can be used to get your information if your dog is picked up by animal control. They don't always call it a license, but that's basically what it is.
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In europe we have subdermal microchip implants for that (the animal can't lose it and doesn't need to wear a collar). Also they aren't mandatory but practically every pet that is allowed to go outside has one.
That's a little high tech for governments in most areas of the USA. We pay the tax and get a stamped piece of metal (a literal dog-tag).
You can get your pet chipped here in the USA too, for a small fee, but that's just to help you get them back if they get lost. In some regions it's not worth it for that though. We used to live in Illinois and many pets were chipped in that area (outside of Chicago). All the vets and animal controls there had scanners and would check when an unidentified pet came in. We've since moved down south. Nobody has scanners here and many people have never even heard of them.
We have those too, but for a different/backup purpose. The tag is government issued and must be regularly renewed to show you're keeping up on vaccines and shit. The subdermal microchip (if the animal has one) is used for lost animals if there isn't a visible tag.
We "need" a rabies tag in the same way that you need a "TV" license in the UK except far less taken rate. Op is greatly exaggerating here.
Absolutely no enforcement except as secondary issues arise.
I have literally never heard of anyone volunteering that they have a dog, and they did buy the "mandatory" license.