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Anchorage considers tightening city’s dog leash ordinance
February 8, 2021 GMT
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) Proposed changes to Anchorage’s leash law would rule out electronic collars and require dogs to be walked on a physical leash in public places.
The possible update to the ordinance comes after repeated complaints dogs not on leashes and aggressive dogs, Anchorage Daily News reported Friday.
The current law allows dogs to be unleashed during activities that cannot be done with a leash in an “area normally associated with that activity” such as retrieving balls or agility courses.
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Under the proposed changes, dogs could be off leashes for those activities, but they could not roam on sidewalks, streets, multiuse trails and paths or in residential areas.
Anchorage considers tightening dog leash law after years of citizen complaints Published February 5
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Print article A proposed change to Anchorage’s leash law would rule out electronic collars and require dogs to be walked on a physical leash in public places. Changes to the leash law have been in the works for years and came after repeated complaints and reports of off-leash and aggressive dogs, said Michelle Sinnott, who is a chair of the volunteer-based Title 17 committee that is working under the Animal Control Advisory Board to draft the ordinance. An average of about 2,400 calls are received by Anchorage Animal Care and Control each year about off-leash or unconfined animals, mostly dogs, said Tamiah Liebersbach, the administration manager for the municipal health department, which works alongside the Animal Control Advisory Board. Hundreds of the calls are regarding an aggressive animal, she said.