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Resident urges Tupelo to consider breeding ordinance to curb animal overpopulation
Summary
A Joyner resident told the council the city is facing an animal overpopulation problem and proposed developing a breeding-licensing ordinance; she said she will provide a written proposal and asked the council to consider ordinances used by other municipalities.
Amanda McCown, a Joyner resident of 16 years, told the Tupelo City Council that animal overpopulation has become a serious problem and urged the city to work toward a breeding ordinance to limit repeated, unregulated litters.
"The issue seems to be irresponsible people in the city limits allowing their dogs to be bred over and over," McCown said during public comment. She said two houses in her neighborhood had contributed "50 to a hundred dogs" to Tupelo's overpopulation…
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