The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-24
STRAY DOCS WILL BE WORTH 25 CENTS FROMMAy MAYS
Bounty Will Be Paid by the City-Licenses Must Be Worn by All
 Dogs

X regular dog hunt' Is scheduled for Greater Birmingham for the first nine days of May During that tune every stray dog turned over to he dog com missioner at any of the vari1ns city l hounds will he worth l5 cents. thsl amount being paid as a reward In she
 dogs captor.
 | or course. nothing .-at stray dogs will
 te taken and paid for ana stray dog | will be any canine who does not wear about his neck band with d l9tt dog license tag tied to it. over twice as
 many dog licenses have been paid sthis year already than were paid last year but still Dog Commissioner Kyley claims there win be thousands of stray dogs
 to be killed. Commissioner Kyley. who is working out new system In hand- ling the stray dog problem of tho city,
 stateo that contrary to general opinion
 the city Is not trying to derive revenue
 oua of the dog license bureau, but che
 sole aim of the work Is protection tc
 tLe public from dogs which have no
 homes and no owners and the licenses
 paid by people who care enough for their
 dog will go to the expense Of getting
 -Id of the thousands of dogs for whom
 no one will buy a license.
 l In explanation of the first dog iaic | from May 1 to 9. inclusive, Dog Com missioner KYlev issued formal stat--
 ment yesterday ns follows
 "citizens owning dogs on which they
 have not paid license will do well to
 gvt them at once and those who have l paid license but have nc; callpd at thS | city license office for their tags will
 also do well to get them at once
 "On May the commissioner of dog
 license Is going to inaugurate plan to
 take up all stray dogs in the entire city
 and he expects to accomplish this feat during the first nine days Of May. All | dogs turned in during that period will be well fed. watered. kept in clean place
 and separated from all other dogs until
 May 10 so that if a person loses dog
 during the first 15 days of May they can | call up the pound and find out if their
 dog is there and if 1t is they can get 1t 1 back without cost, provided they can show
 that they have paid license on it.
 Dog licenses may be secured any time
 during the year at the city license office,
 which Is located on the second floor of the city hall Fdurth avenue and Nineteenth
 street The price of the license has
 Sl since Marcn l and will continue the
 same during the remainder of the year. l Any person owning a dog on which
 they have not paid the license is sub l feet to arrest and me or not less than l sl0 for each offense. and the law also | requires that the dog shall wear the tag. To pay the license and put the tag away is not sufficient: it must be kept on the dog When the dog commissioner begins on May 1 to rid the city of stray l dogs all dogs at that time which are untagged will be considered as stray dogs and treated as such.
 This gathering up campaign will last only nine days and all citizens are re-
 quested to cooperate with the city by | taking special care of their dogs dur
 ing that time to see that no one, steals
 their dog.
 l May 1 to g. inclusive, a premium of | 25 cents will be paid 10 the boys. or anyone else, for each dog delivered to | the dog commissioner at the city hall. It l is to the interest of all citizens to as-
 sist the city in getting rid of that class
 of dogs which have no owners and no
 home The commissioned of dog license ! wants 1t clearly understood that dogs | on which license has been paid must l not be bothered and that he will not tolerate any violation of this regulation | The movement Is directed solely against
 that class of dogs which have no own CTS known in the different localities as
 stray dogs. and they can be readily told
 as they will not have on 1914 tag.
 "It might be added that the enforce ment of the stray dog ordinance has met with an unusual support from the cit 1 izens generally, as Is evidenced by the | fact that the city has already collected 1 this year more than twice many dog
 licenses as fin any previous year.