Osceola County commissioners will consider changing the county's
animal control ordinance during Monday's meeting to make it easier for officers to win cases against negligent owners.As written, the ordinance requires a jury trial for an owner who decides to fight a charge; an example of such a charge would be a citation for a barking dog, said animal control supervisor Clark Newcombe.
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.