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199 <br />Tag ~~ Report July 30°i, 2007 <br />tethering was not necessanly inhnm~ne, and that for some individuals and. ansmals, it could be the <br />Daly possible or e$ective means of restrains <br />Also at these sessions were repre.ves of an area. hamting association, the F,no Rives Coon <br />Hunters Association, and other inte~esbed parties who expressed two' mala cones about the <br />restriction of ~bethering. One was that they would not be able m hold their very successful annual <br />field. trial if tiering was pmla'bited. In this regard, they stressed that this event draws people from <br />around the country and generates consideaable income for the Counfy. <br />Their other concern was the keeping of boating dogs themselves. They emphasized thatthese-dogs <br />were often, if not always, ]Dept on tethers and that, in their opinion, it was sometimes the best way to <br />keep such dogs. Advantages iachided the easy sepaiutioa of incompatible dogs, and the allowance <br />of greater space on a daily basis. Finally, they siateci that dogs can be neglected in a variety of <br />situations that do not involve tethering, for instance, the inappropriate confinement of dogs in small <br />kennels and crates. <br />Committee DeI~erstiona <br />The Committee weighed testimony from the public and came to a series of recommendationsthat <br />are iatcnded to address some, if not all, of the concerns raised is the public testimony. The <br />Committee believes that fiethering raises significant humane, public safely and community welfare <br />concerns, and that the contmnous tethering of dogs is inhumane. The Committee concurs that dogs <br />can be neglected in other circumstances not involving but believes that there are <br />significant public safely and humane issues unique to t~fihering that merit action by the BOCC. <br />Because it believes that tethering can be humane for limited time periods tinder certain <br />circumstaaces,lhe Committee is proposing a three-hour limit per 24 hours with specific~.tions for <br />appropriate tethers and . The Committee believes that this shotild reduce any hardship <br />imposed by this restriction, sad accommodate the needs of those members of the public who wish to <br />tie their dogs outside for limited periods of time. More generally, the Committee has attempted irr <br />limit the hardship imposed by ties restriction by rec~*~+**+~_!~ a phase-in period for the law that <br />13 <br />