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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A Fresno County ordinance aimed astatine cracking down on illegal canine breeding is 1 measurement person to becoming a reality.
On Tuesday, the ordinance was formally introduced to the Fresno County Board of Supervisors. "We proceed to person important challenges with overpopulation of animals," said Fresno County Supervisor Garry Bredefeld.
Bredefeld and Supervisor Brian Pacheco are co-authoring the ordinance. They person received unanimous enactment not lone from their colleagues but besides from section carnal advocates.
"It is not casual for america to spot the puppies successful the garbage bags, puppies successful boxes near to the railway tracks, and past moms tied up to fences due to the fact that they're done breeding with them," said Mona Ahmed, laminitis of Fresno Furry Friends & Fosters 4 Rescue Fresno.
This ordinance, modeled aft the City of Fresno's amerciable breeding law, was co-authored by Bredefeld erstwhile helium was a councilman and Councilwoman Annalisa Perea. "We were capable to instrumentality vantage of that cognition and marque our ordinance arsenic choky arsenic possible," Pacheco added.
It volition necessitate breeder permits. Those who bash not comply and proceed to merchantability animals, particularly successful nationalist places, volition look a $1,000 good for each animal.
"If, wrong 30 days of the violation, they supply conclusive impervious of spaying oregon neutering these animals and get a breeder permit, they tin debar the fines," Bredefeld shared. If those steps aren't taken, they could look a misdemeanor complaint and up to six months successful jail.
Fresno Humane Animal Services has identified astatine slightest 50 breeders operating illegally. This ordinance volition present equip region officials with the tools to clasp them accountable.
"Most of the colonisation coming in is abandoned puppies and litters, and moms coming successful with respective litters. Ramona present had a litter of puppies herself. She nursed them. She took large attraction of them," said Fresno Humane Shelter Manager Maria Garcia.
It's larger dogs similar Ramona who person a hard clip getting adopted. So, this week, much than 100 Fresno County dogs volition beryllium transported to Washington and Oregon for a accidental astatine everlastingly homes. Ahmed, who facilitates these transports, says the enactment is ne'er over. "I prevention astatine slightest 700, 800 to a 1000 animals a month," helium shared.
The ordinance volition beryllium brought backmost for a 2nd clip astatine the adjacent committee gathering and is acceptable to instrumentality effect successful aboriginal August.
