As Toronto sees an uptick in off-leash dog incidents, a Toronto councillor says the problem could be mitigated if the city adopts a strategy to create more dog parks.
to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommending that the city create a master plan to proactively add dog spaces in the city.
“I'm hoping that the city staff will have a plan in place so that when they are building new parks and also revitalizing existing parks, that you know, there'll be consideration for a dog park,” he said. His motion comes amid rising tensions between dog owners and others over where dogs can be walked, especially when owners take them off-leash.on school property at Rawlinson Community School, near St. Clair Avenue West and Oakwood Avenue.. The incident was captured on video and the owner in that case is facing criminal charges.involving children, pedestrians and cyclists, and reminded people that they are obliged to keep their pet on a leash in public.
Neighbours have expressed a concern around a lack of enforcement of pet bylaws. But observers have also pointed to a surge in dog ownership during the pandemic, coupled with difficulty accessing dog-training services, as well as a lack of proper green space and off-leash areas to accommodate the exploding dog population.“People are walking their dogs in school grounds, you know in spaces they probably should not be walking their dogs,” Moise said. “People just feel squeezed.
He pointed to cities like Vancouver and Winnipeg as places which have implemented best practices around dog spaces and said he’d like to see Toronto do the same.A day later, Coun. Paula Fletcher is presenting a separate letter at the Economic and Community Development Committee asking staff to review Toronto Animal Services’ compliance and enforcement procedures around Dangerous Dog orders in the wake of the July 30th attack in East York.
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