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4A Sunday, December 16, 2018
The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com
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Photos by AUSTIN STEELE I The Times
Kevin Buecker, Animal Control field supervisor, inspects the caged condition of a dog during
a tethering violation call on Wednesday, Dec. 12. On Oct. 25, the Hall County Board of
Commissioners approved a ban on unsupervised dog tethering.
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which would be the best sce
nario for us, of course. They
could make their dog a part
of the family,” Summers
said.
Summers moved to Hall
from Gwinnett County and
was involved in Gwinnett’s
adoption of a tethering ban,
a change that Summers
said went smoothly for the
community there. While
Gwinnett had a 90-day grace
period when its tethering
ban was passed, Summers
said there seem to be more
tethered dogs in Hall than
Gwinnett had.
“It’s actually much easier
for them to enforce the new
ordinance than it was to try
to enforce an ordinance that
didn’t exist,” she said.
The city of Gainesville
also bans dog tethering.
Off the Chain has a Hall
County resources page on
its website, which refers pet
owners to dog training and
spay or neuter resources.
The group also works with
Bama’s Kennels, a company
that sells lower-cost enclo
sures, Summers said.
The tethering ban was
the result of a collaboration
between Hall County Animal
Services and the Humane
Society of Northeast Geor
gia. County officials stud
ied other municipalities’
tethering regulations, and
the Humane Society sought
input through focus groups
and an online survey.
“Overwhelmingly, there
was the support for putting
a tethering law in place,”
Davis said.
Kevin Buecker pets a dog tethered to a fence during a tethering violation call.
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