Animal control ordinance revisited

Kathy Gould was trying to do the right thing a little more than a month ago by turning in a stray dog she had found.

[charley1868]

Once they get all of the pets registered, next thing you know we'll be paying taxes on them. Just what we need more taxes, Yep that'll fix everything......

[Dave from Windcrest]

Four dogs or cats is plenty. We have more than enough roaming cats and barking dogs in Windcrest!
Some of our residents should not be allowed to have ONE dog or cat, because they don't comply (have no respect) with the existing ordnances. The dogs bark day and night and their cats urinate on your front or back porch. I'm tired of catching cats only to recatch them again.

[fed-up]

Dave from Windcrest wrote:

Four dogs or cats is plenty. We have more than enough roaming cats and barking dogs in Windcrest!
Some of our residents should not be allowed to have ONE dog or cat, because they don't comply (have no respect) with the existing ordnances. The dogs bark day and night and their cats urinate on your front or back porch. I'm tired of catching cats only to recatch them again.

i live in fredericksburg tx, actually whispering oaks subdivision which is about 5 miles from fredericksburg but still in gillespie county, once you are out of city limits there are no laws that say your dog must be on a leash or limit the number of animals you can have. the laws that apply to city limits should apply to subdivisions and other areas out of city limits with a large concentration of people. my neighborhood has a problem with people getting dogs and them letting them run loose. these dogs deficate everywhere , tear up things , bite people, and kill other animals thats not to mention the fact that they bark all night. when you call law enforcement they tell you to kill the stray dogs because there is no leash law out of fredericksburg. i can promise you if any of our city council members lived out hear they would remedy the problem. i have some neighbors that have 5 to 6 dogs and never feed them or tend to them because the dogs eat at other houses which means the dogs are either eating garbage or taking well cared for pets food. it seems that there are no animal cruelty laws either since the law is telling you to shoot your neighbors dogs and since they won't ticket people for animal collecting or animal neglect

[outnleftfield]

Here's my beef , I live in the country which means about every three weeks an animal(or litter) is dumped at our driveway. it's not just my driveway either , if they go to my neighbors he disposes of them , which is illegal but i'm not reporting him , he has no options , he is a cattle rancher and the dogs are nuisances and dangerous. A limit on pets and mandatory chipping would stop the dumping.