This month, he said, they were able to catch 10 such dogs.
“We receive reports of a vicious dog attack every now and then,” he added.
The dogs have been impounded and only friendly ones are endorsed for adoption, he said.
He reminds owners to tie their dogs so the animals won’t attack people. Owners will be held responsible for such incidents.
The dog control program is closely working with the pet owners group, PAWS, and the Marianas PitBull Alliance in an education campaign.
The dog tagging program will start on June 6 at the Carolinian Utt in Garapan, Lizama said
All dogs in a household should be tagged even if there’s only one owner, he added.
Seven months after the dog tagging program they will start impounding stray dogs.
Lizama wants to remind the public about the following provisions of the law:
1. §165-10.1-145 Interference with Mayor of Saipan-Dog Control Program Officers or Shelter
“No person shall conceal or attempt to conceal, rescue, or attempt to rescue any dog or any of the animals…from the Supervisor, or from any other officer authorized to enforce any of the provisions of this subsection, while engaged in the capture or in conveying to the animal shelter any such dog or animal, or to interfere in any manner with said persons in the performance of any duty incident to their office, or to rescue or attempt to rescue any dog or other animal which has been impounded in the animal shelter.”
2. § 165-10.1-401 Dog Leash Required
“No person owning, having a proprietary interest in, harboring or having the care, charge, control, custody or possession of a dog, shall permit such dog to be in or upon any public street, park or other public place unless such dog is upon a secure leash not more than eight feet long held continuously, in the hands of a responsible person capable of controlling the dog, or unless the dog is securely confined within an automobile, or in or upon any unenclosed lot or premises, unless the dog is securely leashed upon the unenclosed lot or premises; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to any such person who is in possession or operating within the terms of a valid, unrevoked permit from the municipality for the conduct of obedience or other types of trial or show of dogs in or upon any public place.”
