Tethering Changes in Chatham County
At the January 21, 2014 Chatham County Board of Commissioners meeting a revision of the county’s Animal Control Ordinance was approved in a 4-1 vote. For the most part there were no major changes. The majority of the discussion was around a proposal to include limitations to tethering dogs. There were two options placed before the Commissioners. In Option 1, dogs could be tethered no more than 10 hours at a time, and then required to be given a two hour break off the teth