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Residents urge Clinton County Legislature to adopt countywide dog-tether law
Summary
Speakers at the Feb. 12 Clinton County Legislature meeting renewed calls for a countywide ban on 24/7 dog tethering, arguing town-by-town patchwork has stalled protections and enforcement.
Residents pressed the Clinton County Legislature on Feb. 12 to adopt a countywide law restricting around-the-clock dog tethering, saying towns have failed to act and a single county ordinance would improve enforcement.
At a public comment period that opened the meeting, Jennifer Dueck of Champlain told legislators she has attended county meetings on tethering for a year and said local towns and supervisors have “done nothing to fix the 24/7 dog tethering problem in Clinton County.” She urged the legislature to pass a uniform county law rather than leaving the issue to individual town boards.
Why it matters: Advocates argued a countywide law would avoid 17 different municipal ordinances that they say…
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