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Residents and animal‑welfare advocates urge McHenry County to ban steer‑tailing after arrests and documented injuries
Summary
Speakers including Catherine Kefalinas and Steve Hendy urged the board to adopt a local ordinance banning steer‑tailing, citing videos, recent arrests in Woodstock and injuries such as degloving; advocates urged enforcement of the Illinois Humane Care for Animals Act and asked the county to consider an ordinance modeled on Senate Bill 45.
Several residents and animal‑welfare advocates told the McHenry County Board they want a local prohibition on steer‑tailing and stricter enforcement of existing animal‑cruelty laws.
Catherine Kefalinas (speaker 19) said she supports an ordinance to ban steer‑tailing and asked the board and community planner to pass it,…
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