The City of Dallas will be honoring Dallas natives, the Vaughan Brothers, for their contributions to music. The public artwork …. The City of Dallas Park and Recreation Department has earned national accreditation in the field of parks and recreation through …. Community Education Featured. Do I have to register my dog or cat? Annual registration is required for all dogs and cats over four months old residing in Dallas. Registering dogs and cats helps ensure pets are vaccinated and healthy.
To register your pet, provide proof of a current rabies vaccination certificate in person or via mail. Do I have to tether my dog? Animals must be confined at all times; in a fenced yard, enclosed pen or structure, or by a hand-held leash if in the custody of the owner. Animals may only be tethered up to three hours in a hour period, or no longer than necessary for the owner to complete a temporary task that required the dog to be restrained.
Can I keep my dog outside? Yes, but you must have an area that is at least square-feet for each dog six months or older. This offer is now available to low-income pet owners throughout the entire City of Dallas through the end of March of this year.
Pet owners who reside in the City of Dallas and would like to take advantage of this limited-time offer can find more information on www. Caretakers of community cats should email pam. Owners and caretakers will need to provide proof of residency at the time of surgery. The SPCA of Texas will be offering free spay and neuter appointments, including free vaccinations and free pet registration, at these vaccination clinics for those who are eligible for the Big Fix for Big D's limited-time expansion for all City of Dallas residents.
This free offer is available through March The Big Fix for Big D initiative is a multi-year effort of community partners to spay or neuter tens of thousands of pets in Dallas to significantly diminish numbers of unwanted litters, with the ultimate goal of reducing animal euthanasias at Dallas Animal Services. For more information on Big Fix for Big D, please visit www. B any trained animal used by a governmental agency in police and rescue work. Department of Agriculture as immunizing a dog or cat against rabies for three years.
The city council shall select and establish one or more animal shelters in the city for impoundment,. The director will develop written policies and procedures for all animal services operations, including standards for city animal shelters; the training of animal services personnel; the care, euthanasia, and disposition of animals in the custody of animal services; the form and maintenance of records relating to impounded animals; and the transfer and adoption of dogs and cats.
A a current certificate of vaccination for the animal; or. B proof that the animal was not vaccinated due to health reasons as verified by a licensed veterinaria. A the animal was injected with a microchip implant prior to impoundment; or. B a licensed veterinarian certifies that the animal should not be injected with a microchip implant for health reasons; and. A the animal was spayed or neutered prior to impoundment;.
C a licensed veterinarian certifies that the dog or cat should not be spayed or neutered for health reasons or is permanently non-fertile;. D the animal is being held for sale by a retail pet store or for adoption by animal services or an animal welfare organization;. E the animal is a competition cat or competition dogs. G the owner of the animal has, or obtains at the time of redemption, a valid intact animal permit for the animal under Section A the animal is wearing a legible tag or has a microchip implant identifying its owner; or.
B the director has reason to believe the animal has an owner; or. A promotional adoption period may not exceed seven consecutive days, and no more than eight promotional adoption periods may be designated during a calendar year. This section does not apply to action authorized by Subsection a of this section. The certificate of vaccination must contain the following information:. No refund of the annual registration fee will be made.
The registration tag must indicate the year of registration, whether the animal is sterilized or unsterilized, and such other information as determined by the director. The owner may appeal the decision of the director to the permit and license appeal board in accordance with Section of this code. The filing of a request for an appeal hearing stays an action of the director in revoking or denying registration until the permit and license appeal board makes a final decision.
The director or the permit and license appeal board may extend the calendar-day removal and relocation period up to an additional 15 calendar days if it is determined that all dogs and cats of the owner cannot reasonably be removed and relocated from the premises within the initial period and no immediate threat to the public health exists.
The owner shall demonstrate to the director proof of removal and relocation by furnishing the director with the address to which each dog or cat was relocated and by:. The director may, at his sole discretion and without cause, deny or revoke the designation of any person to act as an authorized registrar. An authorized registrar must at all times be able to account for all registration receipts and tags issued to the authorized registrar by the director.
A was approved by the director as a foster care provider under a foster care program sponsored by animal services or an animal welfare organization;. B was not fostering more dogs, cats, or any combination of dogs and cats on the premises than approved by the director based on the type and size of the animals, the size of the premises, the location of the premises, the facilities located on the premises, and other factors established by the director; and.
C had on file with the director a written document on a form provided by the director for that purpose authorizing the director to conduct unannounced inspections of the premises and all animals located on the premises to ensure that the person was complying with all applicable provisions of this chapter, which document must be signed and acknowledged before a notary public by the legal owner of the dwelling unit and at least one occupant of the dwelling unit who is 18 years of age or older; or.
A on June 25, , was the owner of, and was harboring on the premises of the dwelling unit, more than six dogs, cats, or any combination of dogs and cats. B before September 25, , provided information to the director on a form provided by the director for that purpose relating to each dog or cat harbored on the premises of the dwelling unit;. C harbored no additional dogs or cats on the premises of the dwelling unit on or after June 25, ; and.
D was in compliance with all other requirements of this chapter applicable to dogs and cats. A separate permit is required for each dog or cat that the person keeps unsterilized for breeding purposes. A is a member of a purebred dog or cat club, approved by the director, that maintains and enforces a code of ethics for breeding that includes restrictions on breeding dogs and cats with genetic defects and life threatening health problems common to the breed; or.
B has, at the owner's expense, satisfactorily completed a course on responsible pet ownership offered by the city or otherwise approved by the director. The intact animal permit application must include:.
A protect the health of the female dog or cat; or. B avert a substantial economic loss to the permittee; or.
A include a statement signed by the permittee attesting to knowledge of the animal's health and immunization history;. B prominently display the intact animal permit number on any sales receipt or transfer document;. C provide the intact animal permit number to any person who purchases, adopts, or receives any dog or cat from the permittee;. D provide written information regarding the vaccination, registration, and sterilization requirements of this chapter applicable to the dog or cat; or.
E provide to the director on a form provided by the director for that purpose the name, address, and telephone number of the dog's or cat's new owner within five days after the date of the sale, adoption, or other transfer of the animal. The applicant or permittee may appeal the decision of the director to the permit and license appeal board in accordance with Section of this code. The filing of an appeal stays an action of the director in revoking the permit until the permit and license appeal board makes a final decision.
A person commits an offense if he takes possession of a stray dog in the city and knowingly fails to make, within 72 hours after taking possession, a reasonable effort to locate the dog's owner by:. A makes an unprovoked attack on a person that causes bodily injury and occurs in a place other than an enclosure in which the dog was being kept and that was reasonably certain to prevent the dog from leaving the enclosure on its own; or.
B commits unprovoked acts in a place other than an enclosure in which the dog was being kept and that was reasonably certain to prevent the dog from leaving the enclosure on its own, and those acts cause a person to reasonably believe that the dog will attack and cause bodily injury to that person.
A in response to being tormented, abused, or assaulted by any person;. C in protection of itself or its food, kennel, immediate territory, or nursing offspring; or.
D in response to an assault or attempted assault on a person. The hearing must be conducted within 30 days after receipt of the complaint. A hearing must be conducted not less than 10 days after notice has been mailed or delivered to the dog owner.
At a hearing, all interested persons will be given the opportunity to present evidence on the issue of the dog's dangerousness. If the director cannot, with due diligence, locate the owner of the dog that has been seized under this subsection, the director shall impound the dog.
If the owner of the dog has not been located before the 15th day after seizure and impoundment, the director may order the dog to be humanely destroyed. If, during the time the dog is impounded, the owner claims the dog, the owner shall be served with notice of a hearing as provided in Subsection b of this section. If, under Section The appeal standard is a substantial evidence review and is a civil proceeding for the purpose of affirming or reversing the director's determination of dangerousness or affirming, reversing, or modifying the director's removal order.
If the municipal court allows a dangerous dog to remain in the city, the court shall order that the dog owner comply with the ownership requirements set forth in Section
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