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Residents say 13 unvaccinated dogs are creating health and welfare concerns; animal control response questioned
Summary
Two neighbors told the Oskaloosa City Council that a single property is keeping 13 dogs that repeatedly escape, fight and are not vaccinated; residents said repeated calls to dispatch and animal control have not produced lasting enforcement.
Two Oskaloosa residents told the City Council on July 7 that a single home in their neighborhood houses 13 large dogs that repeatedly escape, bark for hours and appear not to have current vaccinations, and they asked the city to enforce animal-control laws.
"Hi. I'm Jennifer Weiner, citizen of Oskaloosa, and I'm here to speak about our dog ordinances," Jennifer Weiner told the council during the public-comment period. She said she called dispatch and an officer went to the house after a disturbance on May 29. "There are 13 of them, and they are unvaccinated and they do get out and they are a constant," she said. Weiner said the homeowner admitted using a stun gun on the dogs that evening and that she provided a video to animal control but…
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