Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Kansas City animal control cracking down on unlicensed pets

Posted by Peter Rugg on Wed, May 19, 2010 at 2:25 PM

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License me or I could die
​If you're harboring unlicensed pets, you better get them street legal. Kansas City's animal control workers are going door to door to make sure your pets are licensed. If they aren't, you have a fine coming.

After hearing about pet owners being surprised at home, I called animal control to see what was up. The woman working the phones said people with licensed pets were issued notices last month that animal control workers would be checking in on them to make sure they didn't have unlicensed pets. They aren't going to everyone's home though, and the ones that are being checked were picked at random.

If they find an unlicensed pet, the initial fine is $75 with a warning to get the animal on the rolls. But if you don't get it right with the city,  there's also a chance that the pet could be seized. That's the last thing you want, considering how packed KC's kennels get and the number of animals that end up getting euthanized.

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Extremely helpful info here. BTW, I believe I read a quite similar article on another blog these days, truly i'm pretty sure. I 'll check it out and let you know, maybe they copied your content, who knows.

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Posted by Prostate Stimulation on 09/20/2010 at 4:50 AM

So, by licensing our animals in the first place, we are setting ourselves up to be harassed? And, if perhaps, in this economy, we are taking good care of our pet(s), but just can't afford to have them licensed, the City/Animal Control is going to take them away so they can kill them? What is happening to us? This is insane!

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Posted by Joe on 07/03/2010 at 3:19 PM

So licensing your pets invites harassment. Have these animal control employees been pushing their way into homes, asking to come inside?

The whole thing is sick and reminiscent of the bad old days of the 19th century when SPCA people would snatch dogs out of people's arms to take them to be killed. The truth is that they never stopped doing this.

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Posted by Tom2 on 06/30/2010 at 9:44 AM

Isn't that great. If you are not licensed, they will seize your pet and probably kill it. Is that what Animal Control is all about? Is that really how Animal Control is supposed to operate?

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Posted by Carol on 06/29/2010 at 3:08 PM

Really? Pay city officials for this? FUCK! Am I the only one that thinks this is a gross misuse of tax dollars?

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Posted by ben on 05/21/2010 at 1:20 PM

new $75.00 menu items at sprint center.

Mew Shew Pork
Kung Pow Collie
Poodle Po Platter
doberman triple delight
General Chow's chicken
Spicy Siamese shrimp

Remember folks... get your bad date spade or neutered.

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Posted by magicrat1 on 05/19/2010 at 10:57 PM

Good thing my cats hide when they hear the doorbell. No pets here, no sir.

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Posted by Caroline on 05/19/2010 at 7:33 PM

A link to information about licensing would be nice.

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Posted by anonymous on 05/19/2010 at 4:36 PM
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