> Regarding the recent communication about responsible pet ownership and pet > licenses--for cats as well as dogs--applications are available at the website > address at the end of this e-mail. Also available at this website are the permit > applications for the four off leash recreation areas now existin in the City of > Minneapolis. > > Pet license and off leash permit applications may also be obtained in person at the > City's Animal Shelter at 506 11th Ave., N. Or you may call 612-348-4250 and staff > can send you an application which can be returned by mail. They can also provide you > with directions to our existing shelter (which we expect to leave in March of next > year when we move into our new facility which has been designed to control > infectious disease so that lost animals go home healthy and relinquished and stray > animals may be place in new homes). > > Note that we are now issuing 2004 pet licenses and off leash permits. Whether > obtained by mail or in person, it is necessary to have a certificate or slip for > rabies vaccination for each cat or dog to be licensed (Certificates rather than > tags are required for this purpose because they are not interchangeable.) The hours > of our shelter are Monday through Friday from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. and Saturday from > noon to 4:00 p.m. > > Responsible pet ownership certainly has many facerts. A brochure our program has > used for many years is entitled "Love, License and Leash," and surely these are > basic to the care of our pets in our community. Rabies vaccinations are also > required in order to protect our animal companions and community members from this > awful disase--as these vaccines have effectively done since the end of WWII in > combination with leashing regulations that control the contact of our dogs and > wildlife species such as skunks and raccons. In the City of Minneapolis, licensing > and vaccination requirements exist for both cats and dogs whereas leash laws only > apply to cats (although concern with unleashed cats is a very signiciant issue in > many of our neighborhoods). > > Pet licenses very much help to ensure the identification and recovery of pets for > individual owners as well as the health and the safety of community members. And > this does not hold just in the case of dogs. Some of our saddest stories come from > the owners of indoor cats that never--as it turns out, almost never--get out but > then disappear without identiciation. > > What follows is the web address for the Animal Shelter. Once on the web page all > the license applications and the off-leash park links are on the left-hand side of > the page. <http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/animal-control/>. > > Bob Marotto, Manager > Animal Care And Control Program > City of Minneapolis > 612-370-4979 > > > > > > > REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait.
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