SULHUR, La. (AP) - Pit bull owners, breeders and groomers in Sulphur appeared at special city council meeting to speak out against an ordinance.

 

The ordinance, presented in a public hearing and tabled until the regular meeting August 13th, would require all pit bulls in the city to be confined in kennels when not accompanied by their owners or on a leash.

 

Pit bull breeder Lee Withers says any new ordinance should focus on irresponsible owners, not on the dogs.

 

Marsha Montgomery, local attorney and president of the Humane Society of Southwest Louisiana, says the ordinance is repetitive and unnecessary.

 

She says the city already has a dangerous-dog ordinance and a vicious-dog ordinance that requires the same kind of kennel. Montgomery says she fears the ordinance would subject the city to lawsuits.

 

 

Contact Information

 

Mayor Ron LeLux

(337) 527-4500

mayorsoffice@sulphur.org 

 

City Council

 

 Dru Ellender
1100 E. Carlton
Sulphur, LA 70663
337-528-2468 (home)
337-309-6535 (mobile)
drutwo@hotmail.com

Mike W. Koonce
403 Navarre Street
Sulphur, LA 70663
337-527-7429 (home)
337-309-6448 (mobile)
mwkoonce1975@aol.com

Chris Duncan
1509 Melanie
Sulphur, LA 70663
337-527-4484 (home)
337-474-7040 (work)
337-302-4540 (mobile)
cduncanagency@bellsouth.net
 

Nancy Tower
520 N. Lebanon
Sulphur, La. 70663
337-625-7379 (home)
337-494-5301 (work)
337-842-7849 (mobile)
tower520@bellsouth.net

Stuart Moss
38 Hibiscus Road
Sulphur, La. 70663
337-625-5006 (home)
337-302-4538 (mobile)
mossstuart@hotmail.com

 

Skipper Drost, City Attorney

 

Dennis Bergeron, Director of Public Works
Email: dbergeron@sulphur.org