Sentences with phrase «city animal ordinance»

The HEART Ordinance, or the «Humane and Ethical Animal Rules and Treatment,» is the City animal ordinance.

Kate Quigley is charged in Kansas City Municipal Court with injuring or poisoning an animal for the incident with Lucy, and court records show she has at least two previous cases for violating the city animal ordinance.

Not exact matches

For instance, in a colorful case involving a city ordinance restricting the practice of animal sacrifice, the Court severely criticized officials for acting out of animosity towards the Santeria religion, which engages in the ritualistic slaughter of pigeons, goats, and turtles (among other animals) and at least sometimes leaves the carcasses along roadsides and in other public places.

The city shelter receives unwanted animals that are turned in by individuals from surrounding towns that are not covered under the ordinance, and Wilson would like to see Fort Sill Military Base mandate responsible pet care since many animals are abandoned when residents of the base move on.

Specifically, Tulsa Ordinance Title 7 Section 304 states that; It shall be unlawful for any person to turn any animal loose on any street or public place in the City of Tulsa.

City of Lawton Animal Welfare Superintendent Rose Wilson lobbied heavily for the ordinance which has saved thousands of lives.

Ordinance 4 - 101 is actually their «leash law,» and requires all animals to be restrained by their owners in the Corporate City Limits of Collinsville.

If you live in a city other than Tulsa, you should contact the city attorney, animal shelter or police department (or check to see if the local library has a copy of the city ordinances) and find out exactly how many pets you are allowed.

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.

Owners with older unneutered pets and newcomers to the city with animals were also required to comply with the ordinance.

In anticipation of an increase in abandoned animals that would likely occur as many pet owners would not or could not comply with the quarantine ordinance, the city doubled the number of double - deck indoor cages at the city pound by adding 32 double - deck concrete block cages under a tin shed roof to the west side of the pound.

Foster said the animal control officials hope that Volusia's cities will adopt the ordinance.

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.

Complaints about cruelty to animals and dog fighting have dropped significantly during the past year, and Lawrence Humane Society officials credit changes made to city ordinances.

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.

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 Humane Pet Acquisition Proposal is a collection of templates, including an example ordinance, that cities or counties can use to combat puppy mills and address other problems related to the retail sale of animals.

«City officials are talking about putting a little more bite into local animal control laws - including ordinances on cats.

Highland and Yucaipa adopted the same ordinance, according to Brian Cronin, chief of the county's animal control division, which handles animal control in those two cities.

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.

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.

LEESBURG — An ordinance granting new authority to the city's animal control officer was put on hold by the city commission Monday.

An ordinance granting new authority to the city's animal control officer was put on hold by the city commission Monday.Citing technical problems, City Manager Rex Taylor recommended against voting on whether to allow the officer to write tickcity's animal control officer was put on hold by the city commission Monday.Citing technical problems, City Manager Rex Taylor recommended against voting on whether to allow the officer to write tickcity commission Monday.Citing technical problems, City Manager Rex Taylor recommended against voting on whether to allow the officer to write tickCity Manager Rex Taylor recommended against voting on whether to allow the officer to write tickets.

When the City of Woonsocket was debating a pit bull ordinance in June 2009, the animal control supervisor in Pawtucket, John Holmes, spoke about the enormous success of Pawtucket's 2003 pit bull ban:

In my hometown, the applicable Franklin County Kentucky Ordinances contains a long list of wild and exotic animals that are prohibited from being transported into the city or kept as pets.

The Fort Worth city council has passed an ordinance making it illegal to «sell, exchange, trade, barter, lease, rent, give away or display for a commercial purpose any live animal on any roadside, public right of way, parkway, median, park, playground, swimming pool, other recreational area, flea market, or commercial or retail parking lot that is generally accessible to the public».

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.

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.

For any other inquiries, such as information about lost / stray animals, adoptable animals, volunteering at BACS or city ordinances related to animals, please contact:

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.

Ordinances were already in place in two Ohio cities, requiring retailers like Petland to acquire their puppies from animal shelters, rescues, and humane societies.

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.

These services include the enforcement of city ordinances related to animals, removal of killed or injured animals / wildlife, impoundment of stray pets, and investigation of animal - related neglect, cruelty, nuisance and bite cases.

The City of Baytown animal ordinances can be reviewed here.

Local laws, like animal control ordinances, are part of a city and / or county code.

The San Diego City Council has approved the second and final reading of the Companion Animal Protection Ordinance, which bans the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits in pet stores in the cCity Council has approved the second and final reading of the Companion Animal Protection Ordinance, which bans the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits in pet stores in the citycity.

Under the ordinance, no pet store can display, sell, deliver, offer for sale, barter, auction, give away or otherwise transfer or dispose of companion animals in the city.

We seek to change the City of Baytown's local ordinances into positive laws that save animals and meet the needs of pets, owners, community cats, caregivers and the community at large.

There was also a lawsuit in San Diego brought against the city and various animal welfare groups and advocates involved with passing the ordinance, but the claims against animal welfare groups were dismissed and the pet store owner bringing the suit ultimately dropped it against the city of San Diego.

State of Oklahoma Oklahoma Animal Cruelty Statutes — Department of Agriculture Oklahoma Cruelty Statutes — Animal Legal and Historical Center Oklahoma State Board of Commercial Pet Breeders Oklahoma Municode — look up ordinances for all cities in Oklahoma Breed - Specific Legislation is NOT LEGAL in Oklahoma.

The Las Vegas City Council will consider an ordinance banning the sale of dogs and cats not obtained from an animal shelter, nonprofit humane society or nonprofit animal rescue organization.

Project MEOW adheres to all animal laws and city ordinances regarding feral and domestic cats.

The first step toward advocating for cats is to understand your local laws, such as local animal control ordinances, which are part of a city and / or county code.

That led Commissioner Steve Sisolak to question how the Las Vegas City Council could pass an ordinance banning the sale of «puppy mill» animals.

On March 5, 2014, the people of Chicago and our city legislators sent a clear message that the city of Chicago does not support animal cruelty by passing the Companion Animal and Consumer Protection Ordianimal cruelty by passing the Companion Animal and Consumer Protection OrdiAnimal and Consumer Protection Ordinance.

But his passion borders on zealotry and he's been prompted by a legion of animal welfare fanatics to propose a city ordinance that will ban the retail sale of dogs and cats in Tucson unless they come from animal shelters.

Please help us keep everyone safe by familiarizing yourself with your city's local animal ordinances.

Local ordinances We will not adopt a dog to a home if it puts you over the city allowed animal limit, whatever that number may be.

The city upheld a 2013 ordinance banning pet stores from selling puppies and kittens - requiring them instead to offer adoptions of shelter and rescue animals.