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NOVEMBER 2005
Anti-chaining & feral cat ordinances
The cities of Burnaby and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in October and November 2005 adopted anti-chaining ordinances that Animal Advocates of B.C. founder Judy Stone believes are “the best in North America.” Animal Advocates of B.C. began promoting anti-chaining ordinances through advertising in ANIMAL PEOPLE about seven months before Tammy Grimes formed the U.S.-based anti-chaining organization Dogs Deserve Better, and 20 months before Connecticut passed an anti-chaining law sought since 1986 by National Institute for Animal Advocacy founder Julie Lewin. The Animal Advocates, Dogs Deserve Better, and NIAA campaigns have now won banning or restricting chaining in almost as many cities as children have been killed by chained dogs (58) since Grimes began counting in 2003.
The Indianapolis city council on October 10 voted 26-1 to make a neuter/return program run by the local organization IndyFeral a part of the official city animal control policy. “Indy-Feral charges colony caregivers $20 per cat for their service, compared to approximately $120 per cat trapped and killed by Indianapolis Animal Care and Control,” noted Nuvo Magazine writer Mary Lee Pappas.