If you do not find it in the immediate area, report the pet missing to your
local animal control officials, local police department, and area humane society.
Even though he didn't get bitten, or come in contact with the skunk, the dog has been placed in quarantine for six months by
county animal control officials who say the precaution is necessary because the dog's rabies shot had lapsed.
Dog owner Alan Foehr, 42, of Chestnut Court criticized the system this week
after animal control officials refused to help him find Lady, his 11 - year - old runaway German shepherd.
FOR THE RECORD - ****************** CORRECTION PUBLISHED DECEMBER 14, 1991 ****************** - Because of an editing error, a Dec. 7 editorial stated incorrectly that a Seminole County
animal control official asked the state attorney's office to determine if police acted properly when they shot a python.
The various pit bull bans are decried by
animal control officials as «the most concentrated legal assault on a specific breed they can recall,» as well as «canine racism.»
Goldman clearly has a history of butting heads
with animal control officials in the area, especially when it comes to their disregard for the seven - day holding period for feral cats.
Three pit bull dogs, two of which mauled a 9 - year - old Port St. John girl last month, should be used as guard dogs in a prison or destroyed, a
Brevard animal control official decided Wednesday.Xan Rawls, director of animal control, made her decision after an emotional hearing before the Animal Control Advisory Board, during which Marilyn Lanthorne described her daughter's attack by «vicious animals» and the owner of the dogs described her pets as «lovable.
The dog warden who covers Cincinnati does not include the purebreds among the inherently vicious dogs, but many
other animal control officials lump all the dogs together by type.
The 200 - member Florida Animal Control Association, an umbrella group
for animal control officials, will propose legislation next year that would carry criminal penalties for owners who don't take care of dangerous dogs.
ROCKLEDGE — Three pit bull dogs, two of which mauled a 9 - year - old Port St. John girl last month, should be used as guard dogs in a prison or destroyed, a Brevard
animal control official decided Wednesday.
«It's an animal caught in the middle,» said Dina Castanas, who recently organized a community meeting
where animal control officials heard from about 25 neighbors who want Levi out of the crate.
CASSELBERRY — A stringent ordinance proposed by
city animal control officials would give the city its first specific guidelines to control pet stores and would be among a handful of similar laws in the state.
Surprised by the ruling,
animal control officials halted service to Winter Park and six other cities with differing pet laws, refusing to patrol or answer citizen complaints until those cities adopted Orange County's stricter pet law.
Animal Control officials suggest that instead of adopting in time for the holidays, families should offer gift certificates or promissory notes to find the right pet after the season is over.
The county allocated $ 2,500 for the program — enough to provide homes for 50 to 60 dogs and cats, said
Animal Control official Mike Whittmer.
After a 50 hour confrontation, during which the activists provided life - saving food, water and shade to the desperately dehydrated and exhausted dogs, they finally persuaded the truck driver to relinquish the animals and local
animal control officials authorized the confiscation of all the dogs.
The roundup was the result of an investigation that began Sept. 12
when animal control officials went to the field and found a sorrel stallion that was so weak it could not lift itself from the mud.
Osceola County deputy sheriffs — with help from animal - control officers — confiscated a pound of marijuana, $ 1,800 worth of cocaine and arrested three men on drug trafficking charges Tuesday.Deputies today will search the mobile home on Big Sky Boulevard and take an inventory of stolen property, including cars, trucks, and draglines, said sheriff's Lt. Larry
Taggett.Osceola animal control officials were called to help remove two guard dogs.
Las
Vegas Animal Control officials have removed 165 cats from a woman's home since October 2010, and now the Southern Nevada Health District has deemed the house an «unacceptable health risk» to the 71 - year - old homeowner and her adult daughter.
Not only that, the bylaw works so well and the results are so highly praised, Calgary is
inspiring animal control officials outside of Canada to use the bylaw as a model for their own animal control ordinances.
The laws also
encourage animal control officials to confiscate dogs from owners if the dogs have not been altered — causing the dogs to go into the shelter and often killed in the shelter.
Two dogs trapped in a drainage pipe in Fallbrook for as long as three days are recovering after
animal control officials rescued them from their underground predicament.
In 2011, we filed a lawsuit against the Friends of the Palm Springs Animal Shelter, the City of Palm Springs, Palm Springs police and
animal control officials seeking a court order requiring them to follow state and local laws protecting animals, including ensuring routine veterinary care and holding animals for legally required periods before euthanizing them.
Once
Livingston Animal Control officials were able to enter the facility to seize the suffering dogs, the animals were immediately transported to a temporary shelter where they will be given the medical attention they need to start the long process of recovery ahead.
Elderly residents who feed the strays at St. Johns Village say the cats hurt no one; residents who have complained to Seminole County
animal control officials argue the cats are a nuisance.