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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Fresno Council President Annalisa Perea and Councilmember Garry Bredefeld are looking to marque amendments to the Fresno municipal codification to code the city’s favored overpopulation crisis.
The Fresno Animal Center has exceeded its kennel capacity, an contented that carnal advocates and immoderate metropolis officials accidental is owed successful portion to amerciable breeding.
“We are committed to straight combating this overpopulation. And 1 mode to bash that is done going straight aft these amerciable breeders,” Perea said.
An ordinance to tighten Fresno’s regulations connected amerciable breeding volition beryllium introduced astatine the adjacent metropolis assembly meeting, connected Thursday, Aug. 15.
Perea says the connection is aimed astatine hitting amerciable breeders successful the pocketbook.
“The good strategy volition look similar $1,000 per carnal that you are illegally breeding and punishable up to adjacent a misdemeanor usurpation if the violations proceed to occur,” she said.
The Fresno Animal Center is implicit capacity, with 200 dogs successful the facility, and determination are much animals unaccounted for successful different shelters. An contented Fresno Furry Friends’ Mona Ahmed says she sees firsthand.
“It is hard for maine to spot each these animals erstwhile I spell to the shelters to instrumentality pictures of their eyes erstwhile they look astatine me, they ever deliberation like, oh, she's present to prevention me. And erstwhile I spell the adjacent time and past erstwhile I find retired they person been enactment down due to the fact that cipher came for them.”
But however does the metropolis program to efficaciously enforce this ordinance if approved?
“As portion of the ordinance amendments, if anyone is wanting to merchantability a canine oregon cat, they volition beryllium required to station their breeder's licence fig connected that advertisement,” Perea said.
A breeder's licence costs $2,000.
Perea says the metropolis would beryllium looking done societal media ads to find radical operating without a license.
This ordinance connection comes astatine a clip erstwhile the metropolis has received backlash for not decently taking attraction of the issues of strays, specifically those that whitethorn beryllium considered dangerous.
“The metropolis of Fresno Animal Center volition instrumentality successful each animals that are assertive and airs a menace to the community," said Deputy City Manager, Alma Torres.
City officials and advocates inquire the nationalist for assistance successful fostering oregon adopting astatine the Fresno Animal Shelter - each adoption fees are presently being waived.
To larn much astir the authorities that volition beryllium presented to the assembly during the adjacent meeting, click here.
