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CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM JUL 10 1489

MEMORANDUM

TO: B.R. Kirk June 27, 1989
city Administrator

FROM: Environmental Protection Committee

SUBJECT: Amendment of Animal Control Bylaw No. 1020

RECOMMENDATION :
That Bylaw No. 1020 be amended by adding the following definition:

"vicious dog" shall mean any dog with a known propensity, tendency or
disposition to attack without provocation other domestic animals or
humans, or any dog which has bitten another domestic animal or human

without provocation.

BACKGROUND AND COMMENTS:

In response to a complaint about Pit Bull dogs being inadequately
restrained, the Committee has reviewed the City's Animal Control Bylaw and has
surveyed nine other municipalities in the Greater Vancouver area to determine

what regulations are in effect elsewhere in the region.

Although five of the nine municipalities surveyed have a definition of
vicious dog which identifies specific breeds including but not limited to Pit
Bulls, the Committee feels that the above definition would be sufficient to
identify which dogs should come under the containment, impoundment, and
destruction provisions of the current Bylaw. The Committee also feels that it
is not necessary to require that all vicious dogs be muzzled when in a public
place or to establish higher licensing and impoundment fees as a deterrent to
ownership of vicious dogs as is done in some other jurisdictions.

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Alderman M.C. Farnworth

Chairman Environmental
Protection Conmittee

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