TAVARES — If a proposed new Lake County
animal control law passes, residents will be able to stop vicious animals before they bite or harm someone.
Not exact matches
On Monday night, Roeland Park, KS, a first ring suburb of Kansas City, MO with a population of 6800 people,
passed dramatic changes to its
animal control laws.
The report was given to the San Francisco
Animal Control group prior to them
passing the
law mandating the spay / neuter of «pit bulls».
In 2008, D.C.
passed a
law requiring
animal control to promote TNR for community cats.
Governor's bill that transfers authority and discretion away from local
animal control officers,
law enforcement and prosecutors to the ACF commissioner to basically provide a free
pass to those investigated for
animal cruelty if they agree to surrender their
animals and sign an affidavit promising not to own
animals of the same species as those surrendered again.
Springboarding off the public awareness and outrage generated by these and other Virginia puppy mill exposés, the following year we worked closely with Teresa Dockery, who at the time was the chief operating officer of the Margaret B. Mitchell Spay / Neuter Clinic in Bristol, Virginia, to help
pass a state
law that tightened up commercial breeding operations and empowered local
animal control officers to enforce the new codes.
Well it seems four veterinarians, with
animal control bureaucrats, pushed the county board of supervisors to
pass a
law mandating rabies vaccination every year.
Check out how the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada has
passed terrific licensing by -
laws for pet owners that has reduced their
animal control statistics to nothing, resulting in close to 100 % return rates for lost
animals and next to zero strays
Animal Care and
Control Director Carl Friedman said the city has impounded 21 percent fewer pit bulls since the
law passed than during the previous year and a half.
Therefore, instead of
passing unfair, ineffective
laws, NAIA advocates developing
animal control programs that encourage dog owners to properly socialize, train, and care for their dogs, so that they can become good canine citizens and remain prominent members of the cultural landscape.
Start saving those little plastic bags.The city council on Tuesday night
passed an
animal -
control ordinance that prohibits pets from defecating anywhere but on their owners» property.Should Fido have a little accident elsewhere, however, the new
law requires the owner to come behind with a scoop and remove the offensive material or pay a $ 35 fine.The ordinance is effective immediately.Also Tuesday night, the council gave the Mount Dora Public Library the green light to proceed with plans to build a new facility, and library officials scheduled a groundbreaking ceremony.
In Oregon we helped
pass a landmark dangerous dog
law and in Monroe County, Florida, we worked with residents and local government to replace an unenforceable $ 500 intact
animal fee with a $ 35 fee, removed arbitrary restrictions on
animal limits, and made other changes that vastly increase chances for compliance and cultivate goodwill and cooperation between citizens, lawmakers and
animal control officials.
The good news is that some local and state governments have understood these commonsense arguments (backed by reams of studies and statistics) and have avoided
passing «feel - good»
laws in favor of smart, targeted legislation that actually addresses problems and puts pet owners and
animal control enforcement on the same side.
If they are not, the deposit
law (originally
passed in 1987) is designed to help ensure the
animal is spayed or neutered and that shelters and
animal control facilities are not inadvertently participating in the a problem — too many homeless
animals — they seek to solve.