The city of El Paso is considering tougher regulations and penalties for residents who have aggressive and vicious dogs that attack other pets, adding provisions to its animal ordinance that would go beyond existing state health and safety codes.
Those codes – which are outlined in the city’s ordinance – only address dog attacks on humans, but not on other domestic pets.
Some animal advocates say the change is welcome and needed to strengthen public and pet safety standards and create consistent, enforceable procedures for handling dangerous or aggressive dogs…