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Adopt-A-Pet
American Humane Association
Animal Welfare Information Center
Minn-Kota PAAWS/PAAWS Project
FM Humane Society
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No one shall allow their animal off their property without it being leashed.
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All animals shall be provided with suitable sanitary housing with clean
and proper food and water available at all times.
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All dogs and cats over six (6) months of age must be licensed
annually by no later than February 15 of each year.
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2007 License Fees:
$5.00 each dog or cat
$2.00 each dog or cat neutered, spayed or desexed
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Proof of rabies vaccination in the last 24 months and that the animal
is spayed, neutered or desexed must be shown at the time a license
is issued.
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All animals found running at large may be apprehended and impounded
by authorized City personnel.
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The animal's owner can reclaim the animal if they pay the following fees:
| First Time Impound Fee: |
$30.00 |
| No License Fee: |
$50.00 |
| Room/Board/Day - Dog |
$15.25 |
| Room/Board/Day - Cat |
$10.75 |
| License fee - spayed/neutered |
$2.00 |
| License fee - not spayed/neutered |
$5.00 |
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All animals will be impounded for at least five regular business days.
At the end of the five-day period, if no requests for animals have been
filed with the City by any licensed institutions, all animals which remain
unclaimed may be destroyed in the discretion of the City.
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Pets are permitted in city parks, except no pets, whether leashed or unleashed,
may be brought onto the premises of Moorview Soccer Complex, Mattson Field, or
Centennial Athletic Complex.
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Animal waste should not be allowed to accumulate in yards or elsewhere. No one
shall allow their dog or cat to deposit animal waste in City Parks, on public
property or on anyone else's property.
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No one should keep animal that habitually barks, cries or howls as they are a public nuisance.
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Any dog within Moorhead city limits may be designated as a dangerous dog if the dog has:
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Without provocation, inflicted substantial bodily harm on a human being on public or
private property;
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Killed a domestic animal without provocation while off the owner's property; or
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Been found to be potentially dangerous, and after the owner has notice that the dog is
potentially dangerous, the dog aggressively bites, attacks, or endangers the safety of
humans or domestic animals.
A Moorhead Police Department Sergeant, or officer of higher rank, shall have the authority
to designate a dog as potentially dangerous or dangerous.
A dog designated as potentially dangerous must be leashed and be under the control of a
competent adult at all times when off the owner's property.
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It shall be unlawful to keep, harbor, own, or in any way possess four or more dogs or
four or more cats over six months of age upon or about the premises of any dwelling, or
dwelling unit within the corporate limits of the City. Provided, a person may request a
permit from the Police Department to keep, or harbor up to two dogs or two cats, but not
both, as part of a qualified home used by organizations for rescue or sheltering of
abandoned or lost animals.
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| Call the area pounds. |
| Moorhead & Clay County - FM Animal Hospital |
218-236-9059 |
| Fargo & Cass County - Fargo Pound |
701-232-7312 |
| West Fargo - West Fargo Animal Hospital |
701-232-2898 |
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The radio station KFGO AM will announce lost animals. Call 701-237-5346 or
visit their website at www.KFGO.com
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Put an ad in the newspaper or hang up flyers in local grocery stores.
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