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Flower Mound council directs staff to tighten rules for dogs that attack animals
Summary
After a string of animal attacks and public complaints, the Flower Mound Town Council asked staff to draft ordinance changes that would give municipal judges authority to order euthanasia when an animal attack causes serious injury and to mirror the state's serious-injury standard for animal-on-animal incidents.
Flower Mound's Town Council discussed amendments to the town's dangerous-dog ordinance on the council dais and directed staff to draft revisions that would expand the code's enforcement tools for animal-on-animal attacks.
The issue was raised after resident Carolyn Auburn described a recent incident in which two pit bulls severely injured her miniature horses. Auburn told the council she felt the town's existing ordinance did not provide adequate options. "The injuries were so severe that the veterinarians in Aubrey said, 'We've never seen animals survive injuries this severe,'" Auburn said during public comment.
Council members and staff agreed the town's current ordinance follows the Texas Health and Safety Code but noted the local code previously extended some of the state's person-focused rules to animal victims. Staff…
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