Unvaccinated animals may spread rabies a disease that is for practical purposes 100 percent fatal in humans. Dog bites increase with the number of dogs running loose.
Uncontrolled animals are also an expensive problem.
In addition to the costs from injury and property damage, millions of tax dollars are spent each year to shelter and humanly destroy homeless, unwanted or injured animals. This provision shall not apply to a lawfully operated commercial kennel, a kennel maintained in connection with a small animal hospital, or the city pound. If the animal will stay in your yard by training or command, no restraint is required. Obviously, some dogs need a leash, pen or fence. It is not a violation as long as the dog does not get off the owner s property.