What happens if your dog isnt licensed

The funding allows for animal services members to be dispatched for rescues. License fees also pay for pet adoption programs, public education programs, and for the data base that allows pets to be reunited with their owners, as well as track vaccination records. Dogs can get lost any number of ways.

As we have seen over the past couple of years, natural disasters such as floods and fires can create separation quickly. Once everything has settled down, that little dog license tag, will give you the best chance of being reunited. This little identification tag also comes in handy for that pesky curious dog that occasionally runs off, or even in the event that someone makes an attempt to steal an animal.

Keep your pets safe, and by your side with a dog license. You could end up having to try and adopt it back, and there is still no guarantee that you will end up with your dog. It could be adopted by another family, or even worse not adopted at all. Sadly in some cases animals have to be put down when a home cannot be found for them.

Get a license, and keep your pet safe at home and by your side, rather than alone and in a strange place. Both dogs and a puppy were euthanized. Three other puppies, pit bull-husky mixes, were taken by a rescue. Port Huron City Manager James Freed said staff is, "currently doing a review of our current ordinances and procedures," in regard to the city's dog policies. A vicious dog is defined as a dog that shows a propensity to attack or cause injury to a person or domestic animal, or a dog that attacks a person or domestic animal without provocation.

Licenses likely wouldn't have saved Rebecca Hardy — whose death was ruled a suicide — but officials said they are necessary, as not only being the law, but also as a way to promote responsible dog ownership.

Nearly 26, dogs are licensed in the county this year. How many dogs aren't licensed in the county is anyone's guess. More than people were charged with having an unlicensed dog between Jan.

Donnellon said animal control does participate in the state's dog census, which runs between May 1 and Sept. Stephanie Ignash, animal control office manager, said staff members stop by locations throughout the county where a license for a dog was not renewed, as well as other known areas of dog complaints. Ignash said it is the responsibility of the dog owner to inform animal control if a dog has died or been sold, so the licenses isn't listed as delinquent.

Seven charges of owning a vicious dog have been filed in the county through Dec. State law requires you to keep your dog's rabies vaccinations current. As long as you do that, your license will continue to be valid. If your dog's rabies vaccination is not current, your dog's license is not valid. We may ask for proof of rabies vaccination at any time. When I renew my dog's license will I get a new metal tag? We only give your dog a metal license tag the first time you license them, and you can use that for as many years as you continue to renew.

What if I lose the metal tag and need a new one? Do I have to license my cat? Only dogs are licensed in Washington County. Cats and other pets are not licensed. Where does the money collected from dog licenses go? All income from dog licenses in Washington County goes directly to Animal Services. Your pet's license helps to pay for the cost of operating the Bonnie Hays Animal Shelter, investigating neglect and abuse cases, investigating dog bites, picking up stray dogs in your community and more.

Washington County's Bonnie Hays Animal Shelter is very successful at reuniting dogs and cats with their owners. For those animals who can't be returned to an owner, we have a full-time veterinarian, an adoption program, a transfer program, and volunteers to care for, train, and enrich the animals during their stay.

Your license fees and any optional donations you would like to give help our shelter to be a safe haven for the lost and homeless dogs and cats of Washington County. The translate tool no longer supports Internet Explorer and older browsers.

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