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CBS News
4 days ago
- General
- CBS News
Central Stockton neighborhood fed up with potbelly pig creating havoc
Stockton neighbors say a potbelly pig is creating havoc and has dug up holes and damaged property. "The pig runs the street," Stockton resident Patty Louis said. After several months of issues, Louis took her concerns to the Stockton City Council. The problem is a 7-month-old potbelly pig named Wiggly. "He's not just in my yard, he's in other yards," Louis explained. "I do not have $6,000 for a fence." She said he's been creating havoc in her central Stockton neighborhood, saying he constantly digs up holes and damages property. "The pig was noted to be at large or loose in the neighborhood," Stockton Animal Services Manager Ashley Kluza explained. "We got an anonymous call reporting that the pig was loose and digging some holes in neighboring properties." Stockton Animal Shelter said they got a call about a loose pig on July 14. Two days later, animal services received another complaint of a roaming pig in the same neighborhood. "He was more sauntering around the neighborhood, digging holes in front yards, trying to get cool like pigs do," Kluza said. Animal services contacted the pig's owner and let her know that while he is cute, these animals are illegal within the city. "In Stockton, dogs, cats, any sort of domesticated animal per se is allowed," Kluza shared. "Any sort of considered farm animal, or anything that's more of like a wild animal is not allowed." In short, according to the city's municipal code, pigs like Wiggly are not allowed. The owner was given notice to comply within a 14-day window to rehome Wiggly. If the owner does not in that period of time, she will receive a citation. "We first recommend reaching out to local rescues," Kluza explained. "There are a few out there that specialize more in the farm animal or potbelly pig type of rehoming. Then you are always welcome to post on social media. Just make sure you vet the person interested and make sure it goes to an appropriate home."
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Health
- Yahoo
Coventry to host emergency rabies clinic after discovery of rabid cat
COVENTRY – Coventry Animal Control is hosting an emergency rabies clinic for pets after a feral cat was found to be rabid last week. The clinic will be from 6 to 7 p.m. on July 30 at the Coventry Town Hall Annex, 1675 Flat River Rd. Animal Control is asking pet owners to pre-register at Pre-registered pets will be taken first. The clinic is open to Coventry residents, as well as non-residents. The cost is $20, cash only. Animal Control asks that all cats be in pet carriers and that all dogs be on leashes. For questions, contact Coventry Animal Control at 401-822-9106 Police Chief Benjamin Witt sent out an advisory last week after a resident trapped a stray cat "that was acting abnormally" on July 8. The cat was trapped at a home on Newell Court, off Main Street. The resident was bitten and scratched, and an animal control officer, who'd responded to a call from the resident, was also bitten and scratched, Witt said in the release. Both the resident and animal control officer received medical treatment. Rabies is fatal if not treated before the onset of symptoms, according to the Rhode Island Department of Health. This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Rabid cat prompts emergency rabies clinic in Coventry Solve the daily Crossword
CBS News
18-07-2025
- CBS News
Pit bull attacks Dearborn Heights teen girl and her dog, police say
Police and animal control officers in Dearborn Heights were on Virgil Street Thursday after a pit bull attacked another dog and that dog's owner. Dearborn Heights police say a 16-year-old girl was walking her dog Thursday morning when a pit bull attacked her Shih Tzu and then bit her. "I hollered down cause I saw them outside, and one of the girls was like, 'Everything is fine,'" said neighbor Mona Bradley, who lives on Virgil Street. "I couldn't believe it happened around here. I haven't seen any loose dogs like that." "People need to be cautious of their animals and stuff and where they are going," added neighbor Nevaeh Black. Police were able to capture the pit bull, which they say was not licensed. The teen is expected to be okay. Dearborn Heights ordinance requires that all potentially dangerous or vicious animals be licensed with the city. The ordinance includes: Bradley says that pit bull owners should be held accountable. "For it [pitbull] to attack the little dog and little girl, that's too much," she said. Police issued the pit bull owner a citation for dog at large, vicious animal and having an unlicensed dog.
RNZ News
15-07-2025
- General
- RNZ News
Kaikōura considers new rules for cats
Kaikōura District Council will draft a new animal control bylaw with a section for cats. File photo Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon A new bylaw is being proposed to protect Kaikōura's native birds and improve the wellbeing of cats. With the Kaikōura District Council's dog control bylaw due to be reviewed, the council has decided to draft a new animal control bylaw with a section for cats. The decision follows calls from local conservationists to help protect banded dotterels / pohowera, which nests along the Kaikōura coastline. The birds come under threat from predators, including stray and feral cats, during nesting season. Alongside the new bylaw, the council will partner with the SPCA to promote subsidised desexing and microchipping of cats. Council chief executive Will Doughty said the new bylaw will be developed over the next 18 months and will be subject to consultation. "We've looked at what's been done in other councils and we found this is now becoming a lot more mainstream. "There are benefits from a cat health perspective and it's good from a wider environmental perspective, so it goes beyond just the protecting the birds. "But the big thing is in the education." A dotterel in full flight. Photo: Ailsa McGilvary-Howard The council is working with Environment Canterbury and the Department of Conservation to look at restrictions on nesting sites. The dotterel nesting season runs from September to December, with the birds under threat from dogs, vehicles and human activity, as well as cats. Doughty said the subsidised desexing and microchipping programme will receive ratepayer funding from the council's environmental projects fund. Kaikōura couple Ailsa McGilvary-Howard and Ted Howard made an appeal to a council workshop in March to help protect the dotterels. While the dotterel can be found on braided rivers and coastlines in other parts of the South Island, Kaikōura is like "a whirlpool" which sucks birds in because there appears to be plenty of resources, McGilvary-Howard said. The beach areas with the most dotterel nesting sites are at South Bay between the Coastguard and The Caves, and further north between the West End shopping area and the New World supermarket. McGilvary-Howard has been monitoring dotterel nests on the Kaikōura coastline voluntarily for more than a decade and completed a self-funded banded dotterel study in 2016. A banded dotterel mother and chick. Photo: Ailsa McGilvary-Howard Howard monitors the northern section, and said around 150 eggs were laid this season, with around 40 hatching, but just one chick survived. A further four chicks survived at South Bay, but more adult birds were lost to predator attacks. LDR is local body journalism co-funded by RNZ and NZ On Air.
Yahoo
14-07-2025
- General
- Yahoo
What Topeka ordinances say about noisy neighbors, barking dogs and loud music
When barking dogs or blaring music disturb their peace, Topekans can remedy that by reporting it. The city can then address the problem and cite the noisemaker in connection with violating any of various ordinances listed in Article II of Section 9.45 of city code. To submit a noise complaint, call the Topeka Police Department at 785-368-9551, according to the city's website. Residents being kept awake by barking dogs might be glad to know that city code 9.45.330 bans "the keeping or harboring of any animal which by causing frequent or long continued noise shall disturb the comfort or repose of any persons in the vicinity." City animal control officers don't respond to barking dog calls, the city's website says. "Topeka Police Officers respond to these complaints under the noise violation ordinance," it says. City code 9.45.190 bans the use or operation of any device that produces or amplifies sound in a manner that disturbs the peace, quiet and comfort of others between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. For a violation to occur, the sound must be "audible at a distance of 50 feet from the premises, building structure or vehicle in which the device is located,' the ordinance says. Construction-wise, the city bans between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. 'the erection (including excavation), demolition, exterior alteration or exterior repair of any building or exterior construction project.' It prohibits the operation between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. 'of any pile driver, steam shovel, pneumatic hammer, derrick, steam or electric hoist or other appliance, the use of which is attended by loud or unusual noise.' The city's rules call for its officials, in determining whether a noise ordinance has been violated, to take into account: The volume of the noise. The intensity of the noise. Whether the nature of the noise is usual or unusual. Whether the origin of the noise is natural or unnatural. The volume and intensity of the background noise, if any. The proximity of the noise to residences. The nature and zoning of the area within which the noise emanates. The density of the inhabitation of the area within which the noise emanates. The time of day or night the noise occurs. The duration of the noise. Whether the noise is recurrent, intermittent or constant. And whether the noise is produced by a commercial or noncommercial activity. Shawnee County has considerably less-restrictive rules governing its unincorporated areas than the city does regarding noise. The county's rules ban noise from the discharge, explosion or use of any fireworks is except from 8 a.m. to midnight on June 27 to July 4. They also prohibit "the keeping or harboring of any canine which by causing frequent or long continued noise shall disturb the comfort or repose of any persons in the vicinity." Commissioners put the county's rules in place about 20 years ago, removing numerous requirements from the initial version of the proposal involved after residents said one reason they moved to rural areas was so they could have the freedom to make noise. Contact Tim Hrenchir at threnchir@ or 785-213-5934. This article originally appeared on Topeka Capital-Journal: Topeka ordinances spell out remedies for barking dogs and loud music
