Sentences with phrase «dog ordinance of»

When and if the County Commissions and our County Treasurer, Kelly Roberts - Burnett, who is the only one right now who has the authority to license kennels, get around to admitting that they must rewrite and / or admin the existing Dog Ordinance of 1875 and develop a new set of rules and regulation for licensing kennels, and duties of the Animal Control personnel, a lot of things could be made better for these poor captives.

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In a statement from the village, Trustee Pat Gira encouraged community members to come and share their opinions at the meeting on Monday at 6 p.m. at the Village Hall, 14700 S. Ravinia Ave.. The Chicago City Council passed an ordinance banning the sale of dogs, cats...

Marchand, like dozens of other dog owners using the trails, walks her dogs off leash, a violation of Park District ordinance.

The Chicago City Council passed an ordinance banning the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits from commercial breeders last month.

• A 24 - year - old Orland Park man was charged with violating a local animal - protection ordinance and his dog was temporarily seized for its protection on Jan. 7 after the animal was left outside on the 13500 block of Idlewild Drive in freezing temperatures for the second day in a row.

They do likely establish that the tenant had a duty of care to keep his dog under control (per ordinance in most cities and towns), and it not, to ensure the mail carrier was aware of the presence of a dog.

Specifically, in 1987, the Ordinance stated: ««Owner» shall mean and include the owner of any dog, cat, animal or domestic animal as herein defined and also every other person having the care or custody of or harboring, keeping or maintaining any dog, cat, animal or domestic animal.»

The Court mainly ruled this way because of how Tulsa's ordinance then defined «owner» and «vicious dog.»

A violation of this Ordinance could cost you a $ 75 fine per each unlicensed dog or cat and another $ 75 fine for each that is unvaccinated.

Dogs owners should be informed of the ordinances and rules enforced, the main obstacle, however, is that the least likely to comply are dog owners with minimal attachment to their pets, precisely those responsible for a majority of dog - bite incidents.

The Pet Quality Assurance Act, or the «puppy mill bill,» House Bill 1332, and House Bill 1045, a bill which would have allowed low - population counties to operate a shelter and pass animal control ordinances, would have combined to help the most voiceless of all companion animals in our state; dogs in unlicensed dog dealing facilities and unwanted animals facing abandonment due to the absence of shelters.

Conversely, the city of Lawton, with an average income below the state average and a poverty level above the state average, has had in - house spay / neuter for all animals for four years, was the first city in Oklahoma to ban the chaining of dogs and has the most stringent spay / neuter ordinance in our state, an ordinance that is rigorously enforced.

«By shrinking the supply of puppy mill dogs flowing into our market, the ordinance is expected to boost adoptions for homeless animals and increase sales for small, responsible dog breeders,» said Humane Society of the United States» Arizona State Director, Kari Nienstedt.

Under the county's old ordinance, dogs in public were required only to be within voice command of their owners.

The Perry Ferrini Dog Park and the Schererville Park Department reserve the right to revoke park privileges to any member who fails to follow park rules and etiquette or where it is determined a member dog or dog owner is dangerous to others or in violation of any applicable animal ordinances or regulatioDog Park and the Schererville Park Department reserve the right to revoke park privileges to any member who fails to follow park rules and etiquette or where it is determined a member dog or dog owner is dangerous to others or in violation of any applicable animal ordinances or regulatiodog or dog owner is dangerous to others or in violation of any applicable animal ordinances or regulatiodog owner is dangerous to others or in violation of any applicable animal ordinances or regulations.

The county board has rejected a proposed ordinance that would have allowed ticketing of dog owners if their pets barked, yelped or cried for more than 15 minutes straight between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m.

The ordinance does have an exemption for small «backyard» breeders and those who raise dogs and cats at their home or business, AZCentral.com reports, yet it also bans the use of «animals as prizes» at carnivals and amusement parks, which includes goldfish, insects, bunnies, and other critters (another nice piece of news to hear!).

The proposed ordinance also forbids the consumption of cat and dog meat by humans and animals, and sets stiffer penalties for the owners of vicious dogs.

In the spring of 1972, an unusually high number of rabies cases in wild animals in East Tennessee prompted the city of Morristown to pass an ordinance quarantining all dogs and cats for three months.

In late 2013, the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter Board of Directors approved an ordinance that requires all dogs and cats over the age of four months to be implanted with a microchip, although exemptions are allowed, such as for medical reasons.

The ordinances prohibited the sale of commercially bred dogs, cats, and rabbits to make way for rescue animals in pet stores.

The draft left much of the city's existing ordinance in place but did address provisions regarding dangerous and vicious animals, which primarily applied to dogs.

The past two days I have been preparing a draft ordinance responding to the Commission's direction on the issue of dangerous dogs.

PATTI DONEGAN»S letter focused on the problem of puppy mills, backyard breeders and dog brokers.Florida Statute 585.195 states each dog offered for sale shall be inoculated against canine disease prior to sale.Florida Statute 823.15 requires sterilization of dogs and cats released from an animal shelter or humane society.The problem in Orange County is the lack of enforcement of these laws, and the need to extend sterilization requirements to back - yard breeders.The public can become involved by encouraging the county commission and city councils to enforce the rules and regulations presently on the books, until a countywide ordinance can be made law that protects the needs of the consumer and the lives of the animals.

The County's ordinance that restricted residents to three dogs and six cats per residence was rescinded in 2000, and now there is no county restriction on the number of animals per household.

Although the plaintiffs and their experts claim that the ordinance does not give them enough guidance to enable owners to determine whether their dogs fall within its scope, the evidence established that the plaintiffs themselves often use the term «pit bull» as a shorthand method of referring to their dogs.

In August, a federal court in Phoenix rejected a pet store's challenge to that city's ordinance banning the sale of commercially - bred dogs.

Although there were nine dogs in the house, including a pregnant pit bull, the animals did not violate any city ordinance because six of them were puppies.

The San Bernardino County ordinance said pit bull breeds account for about 20 percent of the dogs at animal shelters and are put down more often than any other breed.

With the vast majority of pet store puppies coming from puppy mills, over 200 jurisdictions across the U.S. and Canada have enacted ordinances banning the retail sale of commercially bred dogs and cats.

There are a number of reasons why «vicious dog» legislation is preferable to ordinances that specifically target the pit bull terrier.

County officials believe the revised ordinance contains the strongest steps ever taken to curb the thousands of cats and dogs brought to Animal Services each year and ultimately euthanized.

The insurance requirement is part of a series of proposed changes to the animal control ordinance that include making owners of biting dogs attend mandatory education and training classes and buy «dangerous dog» tags that would be worn by their animals at all times.

KISSIMMEE — The county has added fines involving dangerous dogs to its animal - control ordinance because of problems in dealing with the animals.

Mayor Owen Sheppard said signs prohibiting animals in parks have been posted for years but the city has lacked a pertinent ordinance.Shook could not be reached for comment Wednesday, but her assistant, Jeanne Scholz said the vicious dog ordinance is the result of increased reports in Florida of attacks by pit bull terriers.

Several members agreed that Deltona should tweak its own ordinance, instead of following a state law that allows a dog to attack two pets before removing it from the city.

Local ordinances in most Florida counties allow animal control officers to seize dangerous dogs, but the laws carry only minimal punishments, said Don Westfall, manager of the Orange County Animal Control Department.

We at KCDA keep hearing stories of animals getting confiscated from owners due to inadequate housing (even though Spay / Neuter Kansas City's outreach program has free dog houses available to needy families), animals confiscated from owners because they are not altered under the mandatory spay / neuter ordinance for pit bulls, and others that are confiscated because they can not afford the fine associated with having not licensed their dog.

Pets soon may be banned from city parks while vicious dogs could be muzzled and impounded if they display aggressive behavior, according to two newly proposed laws from the city's Animal Control Department.Vickie Ann Shook, department director, requested adoption of the ordinances to give her officers better control over animals in the city.

Like their counterparts in big cities, dog owners in Lake County may have to start cleaning up after their pets with pooper scoopers.That was one of several changes to the county's animal control ordinance suggested during a public hearing Tuesday.The revamped proposal, which aims primarily to stop vicious animals before they bite or harm someone, will undergo more tinkering to include suggestions like cleaning up after dogs.Pooper scoopers will be needed if the county sticks with the idea to ban defecating by dogs on both public and private property other than that belonging to the animal's owner, County Commissioner Richard Swartz said.

Over the past couple of years, Vandalia, MO's police department has been tasked with addressing citizen's concerns over loose dogs — and apparently enforcing the city's «pit bull» ordinance (I am not aware of the specifics of the law).

[22] The City of Austin, on the other hand, has an old ordinance on the books mandating an obsolete PEP protocol based on a six - month isolation period for all cats and dogs exposed to rabies, regardless of vaccination status.

LOHV - FL has been instrumental in passing no loop - hole Anti-Chaining ordinances in a number of Florida counties; outlawing the sale of dogs and cats at Pasco County flea markets and TNVR legalization in Pinellas County.

The planned ordinance states that «no pet store may display, sell, trade, deliver, barter, lease, rent, auction, give away, transfer, offer for sale or transfer, or otherwise dispose of dogs or cats in Lake Worth».

The mayor of New York, Rudolph Guiliani proposed a government ordinance that required a certain amount of insurance if you owned a «dangerous» breed of dog... and I would have had a hard time voting for him for President because of that policy.

A copy of the certificate must also be provided to the purchaser or transferee of any dog or cat sold or transferred, even though the sale or transfer of a dog or cat is prohibited altogether under the ordinance!

Many practical alternatives to breed - specific ordinances exist and hold promise for prevention of dog bites.»

Many of those ordinances include substantial fines for owners who allow their dogs to roam neighborhoods; strict requirements for housing dogs in securely locked fences if they have ever charged people or approached them in a menacing way; liability insurance for owners of dogs that have been deemed vicious; and requirements for leashes and muzzles for vicious dogs taken outside secured areas.

We are active advocates for animal welfare in our state, having written and lobbied the Department of Agriculture, the Nebraska Unicameral and local city councils to close puppy mills, to stop dog fighting, to insist on responsible pet ownership guidelines and to enforce dangerous dog ordinances.

The proposed ordinance, which Richardson said is meant to prohibit the sale of dogs and cats from large scale breeders or «puppy mills» in pet shops in Aurora, would limit where pet shops or dealers could purchase a cat or dog to sell in Aurora.