Residents petitioning for tethering changes
One animal activist in the Battlefords is hoping to change the way some animals live year-round.
Lifelong Battleford resident, Melissa Kainberger, has started a petition online, asking town and council to consider a bylaw limiting the amount of time an animal can be kept tethered outside.
“I would love to get it banned all together but I doubt that would happen so I’m hoping to see a time limit because cities all over Canada are starting to introduce this as well,” Kainberger said. “I believe B.C. is the most recent place that has been enforcing time limits for chained dogs so it would be wonderful to see that here in Saskatchewan. As far as I know there are no places in Saskatchewan that do this.”
She said it is an issue she has noticed for a while in her own neighborhood, but an online post about another dog being constantly tethered opened up the conversation, pushing her into action.