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Council hears animal control update; staff proposes microchipping, breeder limits and new impound procedures
Summary
After a year of rising 'dogs at large' calls and several severe attacks, inspectors recommended ordinance changes that would require microchipping for animals released from the regional shelter, shift impound payments to the shelter, give time limits for owners who exceed allowed animals, and create new tools to address backyard breeding.
Police and Animal Services staff asked the council to consider targeted ordinance changes after a year of increased dog‑at‑large calls, a spike in dangerous‑dog incidents and capacity pressure at the region’s shelter (PUPS).
Inspector Tony Weinbeck reviewed the operational picture: Brooklyn Park accounts for by far the largest share of animals brought to the regional joint‑powers shelter shared with neighboring cities, and impound volumes have strained the facility’s bed capacity. City staff and the PUPS board are evaluating facility expansion options; one informal estimate presented at the briefing suggested a Brooklyn Park share of potential expansion costs could total on the order of $1.0–1.2 million, though that number requires formal board approval and engineering estimates.
Inspector Weinbeck and Police cadet supervisors described…
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