A vicious dog mauling in a Nob Hill park has put the spotlight on The City’s rarely enforced leash laws.On the evening of Feb. 26, Kim Ferguson, 45, took her 12-pound poodle, Dijon, for one of his three daily walks to Huntington Park in Nob Hill. The 12-year-old pooch was led on a leash to the outer area of the park because, Ferguson said, he was much smaller than the other dogs. Read More
The Police Department isn’t the only city agency enduring hefty costs related to the Occupy SF movement.Animal experts have been dropping by the Justin Herman Plaza camp weekly to check on the conditions and health of dogs living there, and those efforts are adding to The City’s already-pricey tab to watch over the movement. Read More
Brooklyn sculpture artist Tom Otterness shot and killed a dog on film and called it art in 1977 when he was 25 years old. But that act, which he has apologized for throughout years, continues to haunt his successful career and ignites debates whenever he is selected for public art commissions. Read More
Dogs better watch their backs at the Occupy SF camp.
Three pooches residing at the Justin Herman Plaza space have tested positive for the highly contagious and deadly parvovirus, putting all four-legged friends there at risk, according to San Francisco Animal Care and Control. Read More
The San Francisco Animal Control and Welfare Commission will vote Thursday on whether to send a letter to Mayor Ed Lee, the Arts Commission and the Board of Supervisors asking them to rescind the two art contracts with artist Tom Otterness. Read More
San Francisco police shot and wounded a tan pit bull that had attacked a family in Bernal Heights on Wednesday, police said. The family was not injured and the pooch, which police say charged at a cop, is expected to survive the shooting in the 200 block of Andover Street. Read More
The City’s dog shelter has filled to near-capacity, and officials worried about the health of the animals are slashing adoption fees and asking residents to hold onto strays they find in the streets until more space opens up. Read More
Cats living in San Francisco shelters may have found their way out.San Francisco Animal Care & Control begins a partnership with Pet Food Express on Saturday to open a permanent adoption separate from its own shelter, SFACC spokeswoman Deb Campbell said.SFACC and Pet Food Express will kick off their partnership with a yarn cutting by adoptable kittens at noon at the 1975 Market St. pet store. Read More
Pet abusers would have a tough time adopting new animals in San Francisco if a local database designed to track such offenders is created.
The City’s Animal Welfare Commission will discuss the proposal today to gauge support for it. The database would allow animal rescue groups to keep tabs on owners who have neglected pets or been involved in criminal cases associated with animals. It would be just the second of its kind in the nation. Read More
Those convicted of animal abuse or having been proven to have neglected animals could end up listed in a database for animal rescue groups and city shelters to ensure those with records of animal abuse don’t end up adopting them. Such a database seems to be catching on. A bill in Texas is gaining support that would create a web-based public registry of animal abusers. Read More
