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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmember Kraft
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
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Animal Control and Protection - Companion Animal Protection
FOR the purpose of requiring animal shelters to take steps to reduce the number of animals they kill; repealing the requirement that cats be licensed; prohibiting the immediate killing of animals when their owner’s license is revoked; regulating the use of live animal traps to catch cats; establishing standards for the operations of animal shelters; establishing standards for the killing of animals in shelters; prohibiting the use of animals from shelters for medical research; requiring that certain information about shelter operations be made available to the public; defining and redefining certain terms; clarifying and conforming related provisions; providing for certain penalties; and generally relating to the treatment of animals commonly kept as companions.
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BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article - Health
Section(s) 10-101(h), (m), (s), and (t), 10-201 through 10-205,
10-207, 10-219, 10-223, and 10-302
Baltimore City Revised Code
(Edition 2000)
BY adding
Article - Health
Section(s) 10-101(w-1), (cc-1), (cc-2), and (cc-3), and 10-315
Baltimore City Revised Code
(Edition 2000)
BY repealing
Article - Health
Section(s) 10-801 through 10-808, and the subtitle desi...
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