VOLUME 3, ISSUE 8
AUG 2012
PET JOURNAL FREE
WISCONSIN’S RESOURCE FOR ALL ANIMALS www.petjournalmidwest.com
THE CONSEQUENCES OF PET LIMIT LAWS by Cindi Ashbeck Pet Journal Contributor Wausau, Wisconsin has the opportunity to be in the national spotlight during the upcoming weeks and months. You see, Wausau agreed to reconsider the limit regarding the number of pets the city’s residents can own after the Lecker family, a family new to Wausau, was threatened with fines for owning four dogs, two canines too many according to a law passed by Wausau in 1989. Even though Wausau’s Mayor, Jim Tipple, responded to public outcry in March of this year by informing the Leckers they would not be fined pending the city council’s re-evaluation of Wausau’s law in June, even the proposed revised law was so restrictive that the Leckers have since decided to sell their newly-purchased Wausau home. Under the proposed law that was discussed by city lawmakers on June 12 of this year, a maximum of five pets, consisting of any combination of dogs and cats, can be owned or cared for by a single household. Since the Leckers have three cats in addition to their four dogs, even the revised law would have caused them to face fines if it were passed. Photo Courtesy of Legacy Studios
Unfortunately, the Leckers’ situation typifies the plight faced by many other pet owners, animal foster caregivers and rescues regardless of their home states. Many cities and municipalities have ordinances that restrict the number of pets that can be maintained in a household without regard to the ability of a particular household to provide adequate care for its pets.
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