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197 <br />Ted~ing Committee Report <br />DISCUSSION <br />July 30s; 2007 <br />The Tethering Cow is recommending a tethering ordinance because there is good reason to <br />believe limited or oonlrolled tang can alleviate the harm to anipoals and hardship to people that <br />can be associated with the prauctice of tethering. By limiting t~hedng to a given number of hams <br />within atwenty-fog her peaod, such an or+dinancx would reduce the risk of ~mcontiolled contact <br />between dogs sad people, which is sometimes resptinsi'ble for dog attacks and bites, and it could <br />iaipmve or enhance the overall conditions and care of dogs themselves. - <br />F.zperience of Other Jnrisdictiona <br />The Tethering Committee's recommendation to limit tethering is not without precedent wind is <br />consistent with the efforts of other jurisdictions in North Carolina and beyond to control or prohibit <br />the practice of tethering. These precedents include state laws as well as local ordinances, and <br />together they provide compelling evidence that tethering can be s~lccessfi~lly regulated in~ a variety <br />of different ways.6 <br />As part of its infotmation gatheaing, the Committee reviewed tethering ordinances in the North <br />Carolina counties of Catawba, New Hanover and Scotland., along with several North Carolina <br />townships, and interviewed officials is three of those jvrisdictions.~ The information gathered is <br />this manner indicates that efforts to restrict or prohibit tethering elsewhere in North Carolina have <br />been quite ~. The ordinances proved to be enforceable, and they appeared to actually <br />reduce rather than increase the time required by humane investigators to extend to animal <br />complaints. <br />According to interviews with animal services officials from Catawba County, New Hanover County <br />and the Town of Laurinbtug in Scotland County, there were few, if any, imintcnded adverse <br />impacts. Dogs were ~t stnrendert~d by their owners, euthanized or just set free as a remit of the <br />e See Irtt~J/www.helpi~~als.com/g~ teth~I.e ' e~1 hmtias' p for complete list of~misdicliaos with tag <br />or3inances. ' <br />r Sx Appendnc II: North Carolina Counties and Townships with Tethering Ordmancxs, and Appendix III: Notes from <br />-Interviews with North Carolina Jmisdidions with Tethering Ordnances: Candncbed by the Tethering Committee <br />' 11 <br />