The Mayor of Essex feels dogs in the town are ending up in the Lakeshore dog pound “too frequently.”
Sherry Bondy said they really need to look at what’s happening in Essex when it comes to dogs at large, adding, the model of the pound is that the four member communities are billed capital costs on the number of days a dog from a given municipality is in the pound — or “dog days.”
“The more dog days we have in the pound, the more we get charged,” she said. “So if your dog does go to the pound, please try to get it as soon as possible.”
The dog pound is made up of four member communities — Essex, Lakeshore, LaSalle, and Tecumseh.
The goal of the joint pound is to maintain animal control in Essex County through the promotion of responsible pet ownership, but each municipality is responsible for their own animal control.
When a stray dog is brought to the pound by the animal control officer from one of the municipalities, or is received from the public, every attempt is made to locate its owner.
Once a 72-hour period has lapsed, the dog may then be moved to St. Clair College Veterinary Program for assessment care and possible adoption or to the Windsor-Essex County Humane Society.
— Rusty Thomson/AM800 News
