Town officials are urging dog owners to register their canines as an annual June 30 licensing and renewal deadline approaches. State law requires all dogs six months or older to be licensed in the town where they live. Click here for a downloadable application and information on to register a dog for the first time. […]
The head of the New Canaan Police Department’s Animal Control section is urging residents to watch out for turtles crossing the roads as their nesting season is underway. The season runs through June, when females leave their ponds to lay eggs on dry land. The mother turtles often cross roads, according to Animal Control Officer […]
New Canaan Police this month issued a $75 nuisance dog fine to a Pound Ridge, N.Y. family after their Newfoundland attacked a town man while off-leash on a nature preserve the second time in one year that the same canine injured the very same man. The first incident occurred last June, when the neutered male Newfie […]
Police say residents reported a black bear Tuesday morning in the area of Old Stamford Road just north of the Merritt Parkway. Multiple residents began calling in reports of the bear starting around 8 a.m., according to New Canaan Animal Control Officer Allyson Halm. Halm has said New Canaan is seeing an increasing number of […]
This week on 0684-Radi0, our free podcast (subscribe here in the iTunes Store), we talk to Animal Control Officer Allyson Halm about wildlife in New Canaan. Here are recent episodes of 0684-Radi0: