Great Falls to discuss animal ordinances

City to discuss animal ordinances
Great Falls Tribune, Montana - July 17, 2006

City commissioners will hear Tuesday evening a new draft of proposed city animal control ordinances.

At a 5:15 p.m. work session Tuesday in the Civic Center Gibson Room, the commission gets a rundown on what new rules will govern the city’s cats, dogs, ferrets and other pets.

Slices of the new plan include these points: residents will be allowed to keep two dogs, but could apply for a special permit to keep more; leashes would not be required for cats, but felines would still not be allowed to be at large; and rules would be simplified for prosecuting the owners of a dog that barks too much.

For more on the animal control issue in Great Falls, see stories in the print version of the Tribune Tuesday and Wednesday, as well as online at www.greatfallstribune.com.