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Lawmakers Want to Ban Dog Tethers
The Illinois Senate Agriculture and Conservation Committee thinks dog owners should be more humane. It passed a measure that would make some uses of dog tethers illegal. The bill, offered by Senator Linda Holmes (D-Aurora), says she's seen too many cases of people tethering their dog with a short lead, only to leave the dog there for days on end.

The plan would make it a Class B misdemeanor to use much less than a 10-foot lead, use a tow or log chain, tether an injured or sick dog, or tether multiple dogs on one lead. Owners would have to use a collar or harness, and provide shelter if the dog's tethered overnight. If an owner were caught illegally tethering a dog a second or subsequent time, he or she would face a Class 4 felony.

Holmes says it wouldn't affect a dog tethered for hunting, training, working, or competing purposes. This measure now goes to the full Senate, and would then have to pass the House.

(Illinois Radio Network)
03 03 10 by Newsroom
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