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NAIA presents <br />A Guide to Constructing Successful, Pet-friendly Ordinances <br />A new day has dawned! <br />Working with pet owners, breeders, rescues, animal control agenc <br />public officials, the National Animal Interest Alliance has deve <br />constructing successful, pet-friendly ordinances. For the first <br />allows lawmakers, responsible pet owners, and enforcement agenci <br />resources in a positive way regardless of the special challenges <br />of all sizes and in all regions of the US. <br />NAIA has long championed the rights of pet owners to responsibly <br />dogs and cats and is the only national animal interest group to <br />ise of responsible owners as a key component of reasonable laws <br />human/animal relationships. NAIA also supports realistic animal <br />the agencies that have the difficult job of enforcing these stat <br />funds and in the face of resistance from pet owners who view the <br />As a natural outgrowth of our mission to improve human-animal re <br />ships for the benefit of all concerned, we are therefore pleased <br />fresh look at the connection between pet owners, animal control <br />community animal control dilemmas; and we provide suggestions th <br />developing a strong statute that can be supported by all citizen <br />whether they own a dog or cat. <br />While recognizing that different circumstances produce diverse r <br />NAIA believes that the local response to any animal control law <br />munity acceptance, and, in turn, community acceptance depends on <br />ment of reasonable laws. The facts are simple: without the backi <br />pet owners, no animal control law can succeed; and pet owners ar <br />to support the law unless there are clear benefits for doing so. <br />translates into losses of millions of dollars in uncollected lic <br />critical to the support of the leash laws, nuisance laws, and ot <br />to protect community health and safety from diseased, stray, and <br />from owners who refuse to keep their animals at home to prevent <br />injuries. <br />This guide grew out of our 12-year history of conferences, colla <br />and projects geared to strengthening the human-animal bond and w <br />our November 2004 conference dedicated to helping communities so <br /> <br />