Letting your dog run loose can violate leash laws

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) – Dog ownership is popular in the Fairbanks area, and many people’s lives are brightened by man’s best friend. Unfortunately, it is not an uncommon sight to see these dogs running loose down the street, having their own solo adventures in the neighborhood, or happily trespassing in your chicken coop.

Practically everyday, stray animals turn up at the local animal shelter. Some are injured, some are very hungry, and most are not wearing a leash.

Like many boroughs and counties across the country, the Fairbanks North Star Borough has legal guidelines in place to prevent animals from simply running loose.

“No owner or caretaker shall fail to properly restrain their animal to prevent it from running at large.” That’s according to Chapter 22.28 of the Fairbanks North Star Borough Code, commonly referred to as the Leash Law.

This law is in place to protect your pet and equally to protect the community. Roadways and larger animals pose a real threat to a wandering cat or dog. Your pet might get into someone’s garbage and develop serious food poisoning, or perhaps go after a tempting, but poisonous, substance like antifreeze.

Worse, your dog could end up hurting someone. No matter how easy-going you might think your pet is, any animal will defend itself if sufficiently startled. As a result, you yourself will be legally liable.

Additional sections of the Fairbanks North Star Borough’s animal law state that an owner is responsible for controlling their animal to prevent it from becoming a public nuisance; and the failure to provide proper care falls under animal cruelty.

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