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Commissioner asks city attorney to research pet-safety ordinance provisions after dog dies from pesticide exposure
Summary
Commissioner Adams told the Hallandale Beach City Commission that a dog died after licking pesticide-treated grass. The commission directed the city attorney to explore whether the animal-welfare ordinance can be amended to require longer or clearer posting and other pet-safety protections.
Commissioner Adams reported at the May 7 Hallandale Beach City Commission meeting that one of her dogs died after licking grass treated with pesticide at a nearby property and asked the city attorney to research whether the city’s animal-welfare ordinance can be updated to require clearer posting or other protections for pets.
Adams described the incident as occurring after the property’s lawn treatment left pesticide residue that did not wash away because it had not rained. She said the dog had been recently adopted and that the loss was traumatic. “Can we include that in the ordinance that we’re gonna update?” she asked the dais. The commission’s mayor and staff indicated the…
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