bowhuntaz1 Report post Posted November 17, 2009 For those who do not know, I work for Maricopa County Animal Care and Control. Please do not hate me... I work at the Shelter in Mesa. I care for them after they are brought to us. I am an adoption counselor, animal behavior specialist, and a certified Euthanasia Technician. I should have posted this a few months ago. Basically if your dog or cats gets out and is brought to ANY county or city shelter or pound in the state of Arizona, it WILL be spayed or neutered and implanted with a microchip BEFORE it goes home with you. If you do not want it spayed or neutered, you must pay FULL fees applied for the impound of the animal AND a $50 "privilege" fee to have them intact(able to make babies). On July 10th Governor Brewer signed HB 2458 " dogs; cats; release from pound" into law. This is a great victory for MCACC and great news for all animal shelters throughout the State. Basically, this new Statute mandates that all animals entering any shelter be spayed or neutered and implanted with a microchip before being released to their owners unless any of the following occurs: 1. The dog has a current dog license at the time the dog entered the pound. 2. The dog or cat is already spayed or neutered. 3. There is no veterinary facility capable of performing surgical sterilization within a twenty mile radius of the pound. 4. A veterinarian determines that a medical contraindication for surgery exists that reasonably requires postponement of the surgery until the surgery can be performed in a safe and humane manner. 5. If the animal is quarantined, that the bite occurred in the premises of the owner and the victim is a member of the same household. 6. The owner pays a fifty dollar recovery fee, in addition to any fees or costs otherwise required pursuant to this article. James T. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bowhuntaz1 Report post Posted November 17, 2009 I will ansewr any questions you might have. It might take me a day or two; but I will answer them. James T. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jakedunn Report post Posted November 18, 2009 "This is a great victory and great news"? I guess that depends on whether you are doing the fleeceing or being fleeced. My kid accidently leaves the gate open, the yellow lab gets out, and one of 50 gestapo dog catchers running around catches him before he comes home and I am out a ton of money to get him back. Or how about this one. I am working at my shop in the middle of a 400 acre farm when a blasted dog catcher sees my dog playing in my field and unbeknownst to me drives in and picks him up. I call the pound to see if they have him and they say that they cant give that information out over the phone and that I will have to come in and look around. It cost me an arm and a leg to break him out and he had a fricken cough for a month. Needless to say I absolutely hate the dog catcher/pound with a passion. No offence meant directed at you James. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bowhuntaz1 Report post Posted November 18, 2009 None taken. Some more info about some laws in Maricopa county. -if your dog is on your front porch and the gate is open, they can take your dog...It has access to the street... -if you allow your leash to get over 6 feet they can write you a ticket... -if your county dog license is on the coffee table and you walk your dog down the street, they can get you for failure to wear... I deal with more people than the "dog catchers"do. People surrendering their pets for what ever reason. I had a Fountain Hills BIT@% turn in her 9 year old Ridgeback because she just got a new couch and the dog did not match it...I am not allowed to tell her what I want to say.. Its hard to find a home for older pets Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coach Report post Posted November 18, 2009 I'm not in Maricopa County, but I would love to see someone out here in the sticks enforcing a few dog laws. I'm sick as heck of shoveling someone else's dog's left-overs, but can't quite bring myself to shoot the SOB's dogs that roam our neighborhoods all day. In my case they're pure bred bird dogs, and from what I hear quite well trained. Maybe they'll get these laws in effect here and I can build a nice little "humane dog trap" and haul them to the pound. Make my "good neighbor" think twice about turning his bird dogs loose all day while he goes about his business. Jake - no offense - I can see the occasional accident - dogs have a mind of their own. But there is also a mentality out there that you can just turn 'em loose - daily - and call 'em back in the evening with no sense of responsibility about what they're doing all day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gauchoand Report post Posted November 25, 2009 I work for a vet actually just down the price road from James. But every time we vaccinate for rabies I have to tell people "you have 15 days to liscence this dog before they fine you and they are getting more proficient at it." Economy has hit them too. Also I've spent time working in the animal research building across the street from the mesa pound and I always noticed a stray female pitbull roaming the fields around the pound but mostly on the golf course always thought that that was ironic. That they couldn't catch that one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
