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After community forum, Sunnyside council directs staff to draft dog-breeding restrictions; enforcement and outreach stressed
Summary
Following an animal-control forum, Sunnyside council members instructed staff to draft an ordinance addressing commercial breeding and breeding-related abandonment; councilors favored strong restrictions and stressed enforcement, registration amnesty and language-access outreach.
Councilors reviewed a recent animal-control community forum and directed staff to draft ordinance language addressing dog breeding and related enforcement after hearing from rescuers and volunteers about abandoned animals.
Councilors and staff said the Yakima Valley faces a significant stray and abandonment problem and that any effective response will require both new rules and reliable enforcement. During the discussion council members expressed strong support for restricting commercial…
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