Dog Canvass Planned for Lakehurst
Borough last conducted canvass for unlicensed dogs two years ago
Dog owners in Lakehurst who have not registered their furry friends should take note that the borough is set to conduct a canvass for the undocumented pets.
State law mandates that municipalities conduct such a sweep every year or every other year to identify dog owners who have not licensed their pet. Lakehurst last conducted such a canvass two years ago, according to Clerk Bernadette Dugan.
Borough Department of Public Works employee Jason Emme "has expressed interest" in conducting the canvass and was appointed to complete the job for a fee of $500, according to a resolution approved last week by the Borough Council.
Emme will be given a list of residents who have already registered their dog so that he will not visit those homes. During the canvass, Emme will be instructed to knock on doors throughout the borough.
"For some reason, the dogs always give themselves away," Dugan said.
"The names, addresses and information about the dogs is required to be reported to the municipal licensing clerk, local health department and New Jersey Department of Health," a document from that department reads.
"We also send these people reminders that they should get their dogs licensed," Dugan said. A dog owner who does not comply may be issued a summons and fined.
Licenses are required for all dogs ages six months and older and cost $8.20 for spayed or netuered dogs and $11.20 for non-spayed or non-neutered dogs, according to the borough's website.
Kate McGinty Langley
9:43 am on Monday, October 8, 2012
What about cats? There are a fair number of either feral or running loose cats in my neighborhood.
Nancy
11:00 am on Monday, October 8, 2012
Feral cats are just what they are, wild. You can't license wild cats. Cats don't bother anyone. I am a cat lover.
Nancy
11:00 am on Monday, October 8, 2012
People should be licensed
Kate McGinty Langley
1:13 pm on Monday, October 8, 2012
Nancy, I have no problem with the feral cats. They have their place with keeping vermin down. I do think they should be captured, neutered and vaccinated, then released back to where they were captured. I do have a problem when they are being fed and then left to hang around my house when I have dogs, who could possibly catch and hurt or kill the cats. Feral cats won't hunt if they aren't hungry. Cats with owners should be licensed though. If the law states that my dogs must be vaccinated and licensed then so should the cats that are not 100% house cats. I can't let my dogs out on the street without a leash and if my dogs were to bite someone, I would have to have proof of vaccination etc. If I were to get bit or scratched by a cat, (and I have) what happens then? I appreciate that you are a cat lover Nancy. I like cats too. I just don't choose to own one. But without neutering feral cats they will just produce more cats that you have to feel sorry for or cringe when you see them flattened by a truck on the street.
i don't get it??
9:33 pm on Monday, October 8, 2012
"Pets" that are let out to run free through the neighborhood are NOT "pets"...it should not be my problem if someone's loose cat gets caught by my licensed dog in my fenced in back yard ever I HAVE to keep them...also, I'm tired of those peoples "pet" cats giving my licensed, fenced in dogs worms because they dig up MY garden to use as their litter box, and my digs step in it!! ...just sayin...
i don't get it??
9:33 pm on Monday, October 8, 2012
Ever...*where...sorry