PASSED

This enacted ordinance amends Philadelphia’s animal-control rules by requiring annual dog licenses, setting fees and licensing agents, and establishing requirements for animal owners, shelters, retailers, and kennels. It also sets sterilization requirements for dogs and cats, rules for handling dogs involved in fighting, standards for animal care, and enforcement powers and penalties for violations.

Amending Chapter 10-100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Animals," to provide for mandatory annual licensing of dogs and the creation of dog licensing agents to facilitate the issuance of such licenses, to provide for minimum standards for the care and control of dogs and cats, including their maintenance in kennels operating in the City, to provide for sterilization of dogs and cats, to provide for the confiscation and protection of dogs used in dog fighting, and to provide for the administration and enforcement of laws relating to animals, all under certain terms and conditions.