McClure, Illinois

 

Illinois state law prohibits breed specific legislation.  The ordinance being used as a basis is from a city in Missouri - not Illinois.  

 
 
 

McClure wants to rein in dogs, cats

Monday, October 8, 2007
By Sam Blackwell ~ Southeast Missourian
 
MCCLURE, Ill. -- McClure Mayor Cheryle Dillon could be accused of having an unhidden agenda.
 
Dillon wrote the animal control ordinance that will be introduced at the village board's meeting Tuesday night. As director of the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri, she had some background on the issues.
 
The proposed ordinance would enable the village to pick up dogs and cats allowed to run loose. A microchip identification would be injected into the animal, and the owner would be required to pay a $25 return fee and $10 a day in boarding costs. The second time the animal is picked up it would be altered if it was not already spayed or neutered. The owner would be billed for the procedure in addition to paying the other fees. All the procedures would be conducted at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri in Cape Gir-ardeau.
 
The board is investigating whether it can require owners of pit bulls, Doberman pinschers, Rottweilers and German shepherds to maintain extra liability insurance.
 
All of this is likely to meet some resistance in a community that was unincorporated until 2 1/2 years ago. "People who live in rural areas are used to doing things their way," Dillon said.
 
She said the ordinance is being modeled on Cape Girardeau's, which she works with every day. Passage will require the village to hire a part-time animal control officer.
 
The board will consider its new animal control ordinance when it meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Shawnee Elementary School South on Highway 3. The board normally meets the second Monday of each month but rescheduled the meeting due to Monday's Columbus Day holiday.