BREAKING NEWS:  FLORIDA’S DOG CHAINING LAW MAKES MORE PROGRESS AS FL SB 650 IS INTRODUCED!

In 2012 in Jacksonville, Florida 17-month-old Dylan Andreas was attacked and killed by a chained Rottweiler making him the fourth child in Florida to be killed by a chained dog.  Soon after Dylan’s death, Jacksonville passed an ordinance banning unattended dog tethering.  To date, nineteen Florida counties and dozens of cities and towns have attended-tethering-only ordinances, covering nearly 65% of Florida's populous. 

Florida HB 177 (sp. E. Slosberg) and its companion SB 650, (sp. A. Taddeo) prohibits unattended tethering of dogs thereby extending protection to the remaining 35% of Florida's population.  To date, the bills have the bipartisan support and twenty-two co-sponsors.

What can you do to insure that HB 177 and SB 650 are passed and become law? 

1)      Call and email your State Legislator and tell them you support these bills and ask them to do the same.  You can find their contact information here:  http://bit.ly/FLHB177 One or two sentences is all you need.  When calling, if you don’t get a real person, leave a voicemail.

2)      Share this link, https://www.change.org/UnchainFlorida  with all your social media contacts and ask them to sign the petition, leave a comment and ask them to share the link with their friends. 

3)      Follow this Facebook pages for updates: https://www.facebook.com/DylansDogChainingLaw 

Thank you for speaking for those without a voice! Stay tuned for more updates!

"A person may not tether a domestic dog or domestic
cat unless the person is physically present with and attending
to the dog or cat and the dog or cat remains visible to the
person at all times while tethered."

To read the full version of the bill click: Dylansdogchaininglaw