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Show Vicious animal ordinance passed By CHERIE HUBER Glen Taylor, director of Animal Control for Davis County, presented pre-sented a vicious animal ordinance to the county commissioners for their approval. This ordinance was separated from the cat ordinance which has received much comment from residents. Mr. Taylor said county attorney Jerry Hess had reviewed re-viewed the ordinance and found it to be sound. Com. Saunder said his only concern con-cern was the definition of "potentially "poten-tially dangerous dogs." Jerry Hess said the definition was very broad and could mean almost any animal. "Each case has to be decided individually," Glen Taylor said and added that this is a step in providing pro-viding concrete evidence down the road. While vicious animals are a problem, Mr. Taylor also explained ex-plained that there are already ordinances ordi-nances that prohibit people from tormenting or teasing animals. That action is considered to be cruelty to animals and should also be reported to Animal Control. Although this is called a vicious dog ordinance the actual ordinance speaks of vicious animals and could refer to dogs, cats, bulls and other animals. The ordinance was passed for the unincorporated areas of the county. Each city has to take individual action and they could adopt the ordinance by reference refer-ence to the county ordinance. |
