This is part two about the leading animal welfare programme Calgary Model. Ryan Pleckaitis is the chief bylaw officer at the City of Calgary, and he oversaw the Responsible Pet Ownership bylaw being comprehensively updated. The Calgary Model is an inter-agency approach to keep animals safe from people and people safe from animals. In… Continue reading Podcast episode 3: Ryan Pleckaitis (Calgary Model part 2)
The Calgary Model is a world-leading approach to keeping people safe from animals and animals safe from people. This inter-agency model relies on close cooperation between the bylaw services within Calgary police and Calgary Humane Society. Brad Nichols is director of enforcement and vice executive director of the Calgary Humane Society. As a calm… Continue reading Podcast episode 2: Brad Nichols (Calgary Model part 1)
Wunderdog reached out to the Calgary Humane Society to learn more about the model. Director of Operations and Enforcement Brad Nichols wrote the following: From the day I doffed my graduation robe, entering the world of law enforcement, unintentionally focused on animal-related enforcement from a practicum placement with a rural county on Calgary’s borders,… Continue reading Dog license: How the ‘Calgary Model’ works
The idea of a dog licence isn’t new, but in the UK it’s never been very ambitious. Basically a small tax on dog ownership without any attention to animal welfare, it was widely ignored and abolished in 1987. But if we consider the magnitude of what we hold on our leash, doesn’t this deserve… Continue reading How Wunderdog’s dog licence would work
We call on the government to mandate a dog licence. Prospective dog owners must be stopped from impulse-buying. The re-introduction of a licence would put strict controls on the age of the dog owner and require a theoretical test, like a driving test. The in-person test would cover dog behaviour, training, feeding, basic care and… Continue reading Our position re. 2.1: Introduce an education-based dog licence
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