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Evansville commission reviews animal-control ordinance changes, agrees in principle on poultry language
Summary
City animal-control advisers discussed revisions to dangerous-dog definitions and poultry/fowl language to resolve clerk-office enforcement issues and streamline chicken licensing; commissioners signaled informal support for staff changes but took no formal vote.
Members of the Bridal Control and Education Commission discussed proposed revisions to Evansville’s animal-control ordinances on July (date not specified), focusing on clearer dangerous-dog language and how the city defines and licenses backyard poultry. Legal adviser Buddy presented draft summaries, saying the dangerous-dog revision removes ambiguous ‘threatens to attack’ language and instead ties the definition to whether an animal actually causes harm: “It’s now a definition based purely on if an animal actually causes harm.”
Staff reported that inconsistent…
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