FRESNO, Calif. ( KSEE/KGPE ) – Fresno City Council members, along with local animal activists, are asking for the community’s support in a call to action to fine backyard dog breeders at Thursday’s city council meeting.
City councilmembers Annalisa Perea and Garry Bredefeld are encouraging the community to come out and speak at the city council meeting regarding the temporary moratorium on the issuance of unaltered dog licenses and the addition of new fines for violators.
Fresno protesters want fines for backyard dog breeders
According to the Fresno City website, the community is experiencing a crisis due to the overcrowding of dogs in the city’s shelter.
The proposed resolution is for the city to not issue any new unaltered dog licenses until the three-month moving average of the daily inventory count of all the dogs at the Animal Center is equal to or less than 75% of the Animal Center’s total dog kennel capacity…