Dog park safety: What the by-laws say
LONEHILL – After a greyhound was injured while on a walk recently, here are the City by-laws regarding dogs in public spaces ...
Maryke Blewett of the Lonehill Residents Association (LRA) did not feel comfortable commenting on the Lonehill incident specifically but instead wants the public to know that the LRA encourages the community to adhere to the City by-laws regarding dogs in public spaces.
The by-laws relating to dogs and cats for the City of Joburg were published in the Gauteng Provincial Gazette on 10 April 2006 and are available online.
They read as follows:
6. (1) Subject to any provision to the contrary in these By-laws or any other law, no person may bring a dog into any public place or allow it to be done if that dog –
(a) is wild, dangerous or ferocious;
(b) is in a habit of charging at or chasing people or vehicles; or
(c) is an unsterilised female dog which is on heat.
(2) Subject to section 16(1) of the Council’s Public Open Spaces By-laws, published under Notice 831 in Provincial Gazette Extraordinary No. 179 dated 21 May 2004, no person may permit any dog to be in a public place unless it is kept on a leash and under control of a person.
(3) Any person in control of a dog in a public place, excluding a person who is assisted by a guide dog, must remove any defecation of such dog.
Prohibited behaviour in respect of dogs:
7. (1) No person may without reasonable grounds –
(a) incite a dog against a person, animal or bird; or
(b) allow a dog in his or her custody or under his or her control to attack or put fear into any person, animal or bird.
(2) No person may provoke, harass or tease any dog.
(3) No person may terrify or cause stress or fear to any dog with fireworks or by any other means.
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