Davis County Animal Care and Control

SYRACUSE — Joanna Reeder is tired of her five pet chickens and her duck being attacked by what she believes to be a trigger-happy pellet or BB gun owner.

Reeder said her animals, which were in her Syracuse backyard, have been shot by pellets on two separate occasions. Each time, she has had to take an injured fowl for treatment at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah, in Ogden.

FRUIT HEIGHTS — More face time for Davis County animal shelter dogs and cats, both in the community and online, has pet adoptions moving faster than a greyhound.

And Davis County Animal Care and Control officials are lapping it up.

SYRACUSE — Maintaining she is on solid legal ground, Councilwoman Karianne Lisonbee has refused to recuse herself from discussions about changes in the city’s animal ordinance.

In a work session Tuesday, the first-term councilwoman stuck by her guns in defending her attendance at a Feb. 21 planning commission meeting, at which she offered input on language in the city’s ordinance relating to potential abuse of animals.

SYRACUSE — City Councilwoman Karianne Lisonbee, by offering instruction to the planning commission on how to construct a city animal ordinance, has raised ethical questions with the city’s legal staff.

While attending a Feb. 21 planning commission meeting, Lisonbee instructed the commission on how to construct language and definitions in the city’s animal ordinance as it relates to the harvesting of animals versus animal abuse, according to Mayor Jamie Nagle.

“Rather than wait for it (the proposed ordinance) to come to the council, she is going to the planning commission telling them how it has to be written. And she is telling them in a public meeting,” Nagle said.

Brownie

Brownie is a 1-year-old Chihuahua mix. He is a stray that no one claimed. He likes other dogs and is great with kids, but it's unknown whether he's housebroken or not. Brownie is a friendly little dog. He loves attention and loves to play. He likes to chew on rope toys and small soft toys. He's also curious and loves to explore the play area and find new things to play with. Brownie is in kennel old adopt 18.

FARMINGTON -- Right now, three bare, 10-foot-tall trees donated to Davis County's Legacy Dog Park by a Northern Utah dog club don't look like much.

FARMINGTON -- Despite the concerns of a Layton man that licensing cats is another way to grow county government, the Davis County Commission gave its consent to a pair of county ordinances.

The commission now hopes cities will require the licensing of cats and allow an additional pet per household.

On Tuesday, the commission discussed the changes to their animal control ordinances -- changes they have been wanting to implement for about seven months. The ordinances, effective Jan. 23, are aimed at helping Davis County Animal Care and Control staff return more wandering and loose animals to their owners, thereby curbing the number of dogs and cats that have to be euthanized, said Clint Thacker, director of animal care and control.