Tonight, a majority vote of the commissioners of the City of Brownsville might declare Brownsville a no loose pet zone and lead to a mass killing of animals not wearing a city-sold microchip.
This act, by a city commission who first agonized over the euthanizing of dogs and cats in the city and tried to establish a modern system of dealing with the city's sizeable stray population, will give lie to the claim that the city is trying to deal humanely with strays.
Pushed by some members of the city commission and the City Public Health Director Art Rodriguez who did not say that the implanting of microchips in dogs and cats would be mandatory.When we first ran that post, some critics said that we were letting a good story get in the way fo the facts. Well, the facts of the matter are that unless a cat or dog has a microchip, it will be taken to the animal shelter for a proscribed time and then put to sleep (that is, killed).
So animal control officers will no longer have to get a complaint about a stray puss or boots. If they see any animal on the street, they can grab him, check for a microchip and if there is none, zap the beast. They will, however, be kept at the shelter for a limited time.
The justification for the ordinance, according to Rodriguez, is that animal control officers will have a better chance of matching the pets to their owners if they are ever captured in the street.
The final reading of the new ordinance is tonight. The commission will meet at 6 p.m. at the City Chambers of Brownsville, 1001 E. Elizabeth.
The vote will be to amend the Animal Regulation Code that all dogs and cats in the city – with a few exceptions – must be microchipped.
If the changes pass, they will become effective January 1, 2017.
Already, the ad hoc Save A Pooch Society (SAPS) is seeking a resolution from the Cameron Park community to declare itself a Pooch Sanctuary colonia. Any stray that is being chased by city goons will be saved by slinking into the jurisdiction of the colonia.
4 comments:
There is a leash law in Brownsville now. Any loose dog or cat, chip or no chip, tag or no tag can be picked up on sight if they are not on private property. They are kept in the pound for a certain number of days to allow for their owner to claim them or to allow for adoption and then they are killed. I hope that if they are tagged that an effort is made to trace the owner but I don't know if that happens. If the chip ordinance passes the only difference is that they will be able to trace the owner of the animal through a scan of the chip. It will not be like you seem to imply that if the stray animal has a chip implanted it will not be impounded. It will be, just as tagged animals are now. A chip though gives the animal a better chance at life. If the animal is impounded and the owner is to chicken shit to check the pound for their lost pet at least the pound can try and contact the owner to claim the animal. I've not seen a mention of it lately but you will probably be cited for allowing the animal to run loose, just as you can be now. This fear mongering about the chip seems like a way to avoid being cited for allowing a pet to run loose. One attitude is that it is better to have the city kill the animal then to have a citation. You can always find another dog or cat to neglect. By the way, what happened to that exorbitant fee your were trying to scare people with? Turned out to be $5.00. What's that, less then the price of a adult drink.
That looks like Blimp's mangy dog in the photo. Ugly bastard. Euthanize the sumbitch!!!!!!!!!
What is it that you prefer, loose dogs and cats everywhere??? People need to be responsible pet owners, if not don't get a puppy because it's cute and then neglect it later.
I guess nobody enforces that law. I have a friend and family that lives on the Portway acres area in there are dogs on the street all the time. I live on the apartments between OPI and Price and there are always lots of cats and some dogs on the street and the animal control is NEVER around.
I guess that law is for responsible people than can afford the chip because they love and take care of their pets. Street animals can keep on being on the street just like the homeless.
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