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Residents urge tougher fines for unsecured dogs as council considers leash legislation
Summary
Residents at a Glen Arden public hearing described repeated incidents of loose dogs and asked the City Council to increase fines; council members said they will produce informational flyers and continue work on the proposed legislation.
At a City Council public hearing in Glen Arden, residents urged elected officials to increase fines and enforcement for unsecured dogs, citing repeated incidents of loose animals in neighborhood streets.
Vanessa Hodge, a Mount Tyler Street resident, told the council the proposed legislation is timely and said, "there are at least 6 dogs that I know of that run loose in the neighborhood." Lalitia Gaither of Ward 1 described a July 8 incident in which a large black dog chased another dog into her…
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