EARLIER TODAY, THERE WAS ANOTHER
RALLY OVER ANIMAL RIGHTS -- THIS
ONE
TAKING PLACE IN AUGUSTA OVER THE
RECENT CHANGES TO THE ANIMAL
SERVICES
ORDINANCE.
NEWSCHANNEL 6'S ANNE MAXWELL WAS
THERE, SHE
JOINS US LIVE IN THE STUDIO WITH
MORE.
A NEW LAW WENT INTO EFFECT
EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT
PROHIBTS PET OWNERS FROM
CHAINING UP THEIR DOGS
WHEN THEY'RE UNATTENDED.
BUT AFTER A TETHERED DOG DIED
ABOUT A WEEK AGO,
THESE PEOPLE SAY THEY FEEL LIKE
THE ALW ISN'T MAKING
THE DIFFERENCE THEY WANT TO SEE
MOST OF THESE PEOPLE MET ON
FACEBOOK, WHERE THEY JOINED
FORCES
OVER THEIR DISMAY AT THE ABUSE
OF ANIMALS IN THE AREA.
TODAY WE'RE HERE TO RALLY FOR
ANIMALS AND ANIMALS IN THE AREA
DUE TO THE
FACT THAT THERE ARE MANY ABUSED
ANIMALS IN THIS AREA AND A LOT
OF
ANIMLAS THAT ARE HOMELESS
A VOLUNTEER AT AUGUSTA ANIMAL
SERIVES TELLS NEWSCHANNEL 6 IT
TOOK SIX YEARS FOR A NEW ANIMAL
ORDINANCE TO PASS THAT PROHIBITS
CHAINING UP DOGS WHEN THEIR
OWNERS AREN'T PRESENT.
THAT LAW WENT INTO EFFECT AT THE
START OF 20-17, BUT THESE ANIMAL
RIGHTS
ACTIVITSTS SAY IT'S NOT DOING
ENOUGH.
WE SAW THREE DOGS ON CHAINS IN
THE BACKYARD. NOBODY AROUND.
AND THAT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO
HAPPEN OF THE FIRST OF JANUARY.
BUT
THERE'S NOBODY.THEY'RE NOT GOING
TO ENFORCE THE LAW. THEY SAY
THEY CAN'T, SO WHY DID THEY PASS
THELAW?
THOSE AT ANIMAL SERVICES SAY
THEY DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO
INTEREVENE IN EVERY CASE.
AS FAR AS ENFORCEMENT GOES,
THEY'RE ONLY FOUR FULL-TIME
FIELD
OFFICERS FOR A COUNTY THIS SIZE,
SO THEY ARE UNDERSTAFFED.
AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO REPORT
ANYTHING, THEY CAN ALWAYS VIDEO
TAPE.
THEY CAN TAKE PICTURES, SO THAT
THE STAFF HERE IS AWARE HOW LONG
DOGS ARE BEING TETHERED.
UNDER THE LAW, OWNERS GET A 30
DAY WARNING PEIOD FOR ILLEGALLY
TETHERING THEIR ANIMALS.
PROTESTORS SAY THAT'S TOO LONG.
THEY POINT TO A DOG THAT
RECENTLY DIED WHILE CHAINED
OUTSIDE.
BUT THOSE AT ANIMAL SERVICES SAY
THEY DON'T MAKE THE LAWS--
THEY JUST ENFORCE THEM-- AND
THEY'RE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN.
AND WHAT THESE PEOPLE DON'T
UNDERSTAND IS THAT AUGUSTA
ANIMAL
SERVICES IS A GOVERNMENT
ENTITITY AND THEY MUST FOLLOW
LAWS
THOSE AT THE RALLY SAY THEY ARE
LOOKING AT WAYS TO RAISE MONEY
FOR
ANIMAL SERVICES.
THOSE AT ANIMAL SERIVES SAY
VOLUNTEERING WOULD BE MORE
EFFECTIVE
THAN RALLYING.
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