Chihuahua cross has required $1,200 in care at vet so far
After a swarming attack by several domestic cats badly injured her little dog, Langley City resident Courtney Dawson was shocked to discover animal control regulations don't mention felines in either the City or Township of Langley.
At least five cats attacked them both, severely mauling Cooper, who required emergency surgery and multiple trips to the vet following the attack,"He has eight or nine injuries. Four of them are pretty bad, where they're very, very deep wounds. It looks like somebody took a knife and sliced my dog." When Dawson tried to report the incident to the Langley Animal Protection Society that handles animal control in both Langleys, she discovered there was little animal control officers could do because the municipal regulations don't mention cats.LAPS Executive Director Sarah Jones confirmed there is nothing on the books covering cat attacks in Township or City regulations.
In the community charter, the provincial regulations that set out municipal responsibilities, she said there's information about aggressive dogs and being able to seize an aggressive dog, but "there's nothing in there about cats. Municipalities can write by-laws in general related to cats, but there's nothing under the community charter that we can actually seize a cat. So it would have to be under the by-law.
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