Please move if this is considered political. I am merely seeking details about the laws because at this point they seem vague. Anyone could redirect me to the right websites for further information, I'd appreciate that.

1/ No dogs should be leashed more than 3 hours at a time.
2/ No dogs should be left inside a car regardless of the outside temperatures.

Kap

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/04/2007 10:30PM by kap.

What state are you wondering about? This would be state specific. Many states have laws on animal cruelty, and some may have details like this.

CA...i recognize the laws but don't have the details.

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CA...i recognize the laws but don't have the details.

California indeed! My apology.

Kap

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Something I posted this morning, it was in another thread so even with a search you wouldn't have found it.:
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** SB 1806: You can’t leave animals unattended in a motor vehicle "under conditions that endanger the health or well-being of an animal due to heat, cold, lack of adequate ventilation, or lack of food or water, or other circumstances that could reasonably be expected to cause suffering, disability, or death to the animal."

First time violators face fines of $100 unless the animal suffers serious injury. If the animal suffers serious injury, owners or guardians can be fined up to $500 and imprisoned for up to 6 months. With a second and subsequent violation, owners or guardians will face fines up to $500 and imprisonment for up to 6 months.

This law will help save animal lives by allowing animal control officers to immediately break into cars and rescue animals in trouble, without having to call the police and wait for precious minutes for someone else to come and do the deed.

** SB 1578: With few exceptions, "No person shall tether, fasten, chain, tie, or restrain a dog, or cause a dog to be tethered, fastened, chained, tied, or restrained, to a dog house, tree, fence, or any other stationary object" for longer than three hours in a 24-hour period.

Punishable by up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.

SB1806 sounds reasonable (though there will always be morons who go ballistic because the dog is in the car for 5 minutes), but SB1578 seems absurd. A max of 3 hours accumulated over 24 hours?...who came up with that dopey idea? I wouldn't generally tether my dog, but what if you need the dog to be outside for some reason (shampooing the carpets perhaps) and you don't have a secure yard? It's a lot safer to put him on a tether in the yard than to let him run free and get run over by a car.

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Re: SB1806. My guess is that local enforcement agencies will apply that one with discretion. Under a situation that is considered temporary, like you describe, I bet the reason for the tethering would be an acceptable exception. (And who in the world gets almost immediate response from animal control anyway?!) I could be supportive of a law like this on the books around here, just so it was available and able to be used for some of those people who keep their dogs tied up 24 hours a day and seven days a week. Why do some people even have dogs if that's how they choose to treat them?

There's somebody not far from me who takes a bus somewhere on a fairly regular basis. Whoever it is leaves his poor little dog tied to the busstop sign post for hours on end! There's no shade available, it's right along a pretty busy road that has no sidewalks, and the doggy certainly isn't left with any water or snacks. Disgusting. But apparently it isn't illegal here. Or at least not yet. I'll be the first to sign up for whatever is needed to rectify this one.

I think I would be very tempted to steal that dog, if I knew I could find it a better home.

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Re: SB1806. My guess is that local enforcement agencies will apply that one with discretion. Under a situation that is considered temporary, like you describe, I bet the reason for the tethering would be an acceptable exception. (And who in the world gets almost immediate response from animal control anyway?!) I could be supportive of a law like this on the books around here, just so it was available and able to be used for some of those people who keep their dogs tied up 24 hours a day and seven days a week. Why do some people even have dogs if that's how they choose to treat them?

There's somebody not far from me who takes a bus somewhere on a fairly regular basis. Whoever it is leaves his poor little dog tied to the busstop sign post for hours on end! There's no shade available, it's right along a pretty busy road that has no sidewalks, and the doggy certainly isn't left with any water or snacks. Disgusting. But apparently it isn't illegal here. Or at least not yet. I'll be the first to sign up for whatever is needed to rectify this one.

I'd call the Humane Society. Isn't that considered animal negligence?

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