North MS Town Looks At Dangerous Dog Ordinance
Officials with the Tupelo-Lee Humane Society say it will take more manpower to enforce a new dangerous dog ordinance they hope the city council will adopt.
The ordinance could come before the city council next month.
TLHS currently controls the city’s animal population with one full-time and one part-time officer, both paid in part with municipal dollars.
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports that TLHS Director Debbie Hood and some council members want to beef up an ordinance they now consider weak and ineffective.
They want to require annual registration of pit bulls, Rottweilers, German shepherds and Doberman pinschers. They also want to strengthen the leash law and housing requirements for dangerous dogs, and they want to increase the fines for those who violate the rules.
