Vigorous enforcement against dog owners in Haifa

Vigorous enforcement against dog owners - whose dogs are found defecating in the public domain

In addition to the inspectors, law enforcement students will also be trained and certified

City inspectors will begin next week (right after Shavuot) vigorous enforcement against dog owners - whose dogs are found defecating in the public domain. The inspectors will patrol the city and locate the dog owners both with the help of the electronic chip attached to the dogs' bodies and by following the dogs to their homes.

The owners of the dogs will be fined a total of 470 shekels.
The rate of fines is being updated these days by the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee in the Knesset and will be raised after the committee's approval to a total of NIS 730.

These days, the municipality is working to recruit students who will be trained and authorized to enforce the law, in order to increase enforcement efficiency. Enforcement will be carried out at all hours of the day and night.

The director of the veterinary service in the Haifa municipality, Dr. Dror Dagan, noted that the municipality is putting a lot of effort into eradicating the phenomenon. Most of the efforts have so far been directed to the information front, since without public awareness and a willingness to cooperate, it is not possible to eradicate the phenomenon that disturbs many of the city's residents and harms their quality of life.

In this framework, the municipality distributes information sheets and bags for collecting the needs of the dogs. For every resident who comes to the veterinary service offices. Also, the municipality held advertising campaigns which included street posters, ads, exhibitions and meetings between dog owners in which methods for collecting dog excrement were shared and demonstrated. Informational campaigns were also held in the schools. Thanks to all of this and the growing awareness of the issue, many of the dog owners obey the law and collect the dogs' needs as is customary in many cities around the world.

However, all these are not enough and the phenomenon still disturbs many.
Therefore, it was decided to increase enforcement in all neighborhoods of the city from now on, concentrating a special effort in the neighborhoods where the largest number of complaints were registered on the subject, including: Carmelia, Ramat Sapir, Ramat Chen, Kiryat Haim, Kiryat Shmuel, Ramat Almogi, and Ramat Eshkol.

At the same time, the municipality continues an enforcement operation against stray dogs.
During the last year, about 464 dogs were brought to the municipal quarantine station after they were found wandering without their owners. The dogs were caught in all the city's neighborhoods as part of routine enforcement designed to reduce the phenomenon of stray dogs, prevent the risk of attack and reduce the nuisance caused to residents as a result of leaving dog excrement in the public domain.
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Dogs that were brought to the municipal station for kennel observation were released after paying a fine of 500 NIS, a transport fee of 83 NIS and a stay in the kennel of 36.5 NIS per day.
The owners of dogs caught without vaccination and license were fined in addition to all these in the amount of 730 NIS and were released after the dogs were vaccinated and licensed as required by law.

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