Sentences with phrase «effective animal control laws»

Residents will no doubt see a decrease in enforcement of effective animal control laws to be able to have the time and money to enforce a breed discriminatory law, that will clog shelters, dry up resources and penalize responsible owners.

Not exact matches

Locally, Cincinnati Kennel Club and Ohio Valley Dog Owners Inc. were part of the Cincinnati dog law task force, and OVDO has worked with local and state officials to draft more reasonable and effective animal control and animal welfare laws.

New Jersey's new care requirements for dogs and other pets and service animals has already proven an effective tool for animal control and law enforcement trying to save animals from exposure to bad weather and inhumane tethering.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the city of -LSB--RSB- vote NO on this new spay / neuter proposal and instead work with the law abiding pet experts in veterinary associations, kennel and cat clubs and national animal welfare groups to write effective, enforceable laws that will build rather than destroy community support for Animal Care and Control and respect for petanimal welfare groups to write effective, enforceable laws that will build rather than destroy community support for Animal Care and Control and respect for petAnimal Care and Control and respect for pet laws.

When animal control resources are used to regulate or ban a certain breed, the focus is shifted away from effective enforcement of laws that have the best chances of making communities safer: dog license laws, leash laws, anti-animal fighting laws, anti-tethering laws, laws facilitating spaying and neutering and laws that require all owners to control their dogs, regardless of breed.

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.

Revisions made last year to the New York City Code required the health department within 6 months of the law's effective date of January 1, 2011 «to establish and implement an animal population control program to reduce the population of unwanted stray dogs and cats».

This Massachusetts law, effective October of 2012, allows the court to order the possession, care and control of any domesticated animal owned, possessed, leased, kept or held by either party or a minor child residing in the household to the plaintiff or petitioner in a no contact or restraining order.

While this statute was a smart move for the state at the time, the law is now outdated, doesn't contain an enforcement mechanism and is quite simply not the most effective way to ensure that all animals leaving shelters, rescues and animal control facilities are spayed or neutered.

The law states: «Each animal control officer shall, within 24 months of the effective date of this act if serving as an animal control officer before the effective date of this act or within 12 months from the officer's date of hire if such date of hire is on or after the effective date of this act, complete a training course offered under section 151C of chapter 140 of the General Laws; provided, however, that such training requirement shall be subject to the availability of funds in the Homeless Animal Prevention and Care Fund, established in section 35TT of chapter 10 of the General Laws, as determined by the commissioner of the department of agricultural resoanimal control officer shall, within 24 months of the effective date of this act if serving as an animal control officer before the effective date of this act or within 12 months from the officer's date of hire if such date of hire is on or after the effective date of this act, complete a training course offered under section 151C of chapter 140 of the General Laws; provided, however, that such training requirement shall be subject to the availability of funds in the Homeless Animal Prevention and Care Fund, established in section 35TT of chapter 10 of the General Laws, as determined by the commissioner of the department of agricultural resoanimal control officer before the effective date of this act or within 12 months from the officer's date of hire if such date of hire is on or after the effective date of this act, complete a training course offered under section 151C of chapter 140 of the General Laws; provided, however, that such training requirement shall be subject to the availability of funds in the Homeless Animal Prevention and Care Fund, established in section 35TT of chapter 10 of the General Laws, as determined by the commissioner of the department of agricultural resoAnimal Prevention and Care Fund, established in section 35TT of chapter 10 of the General Laws, as determined by the commissioner of the department of agricultural resources.