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02-10-2008 | 05:40 PM

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Bigg~BirddVA

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RE: Virginia Dog Hunting

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ORIGINAL: rick64

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ORIGINAL: Hokieman

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ORIGINAL: rick64

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ORIGINAL: Hokieman

§ 3.1-796.104. Position of animal control officer created.
The governing body of each county or city shall, or each town may, appoint an officer to be known as the animal control officer who shall have the power to enforce this chapter, all ordinances enacted pursuant to this chapter and all laws for the protection of domestic animals. The governing body may also appoint one or more deputy animal control officers to assist the animal control officer in the performance of his duties. Animal control officers and deputy animal control officers shall have a knowledge of the animal control and protection laws of Virginia which they are required to enforce. When in uniform or upon displaying a badge or other credentials of office, animal control officers and deputy animal control officers shall have the power to issue a summons or obtain a felony warrant as necessary, providing the execution of such warrant shall be carried out by any law-enforcement officer as defined in § 9.1-101, to any person found in the act of violating any such law or any ordinance enacted pursuant to such law of the locality in which the animal control officer or deputy animal control officer is appointed. The animal control officer and the deputy animal control officers shall be paid as the governing body of each locality shall prescribe.
Any locality in which an animal control officer or deputy animal control officers have been appointed may contract with one or more additional localities for enforcement of animal protection and control laws by the animal control officers or deputy animal control officers. Any such contract may provide that the locality employing the animal control officer or deputy animal control officers shall be reimbursed a portion of the salary and expenses of the animal control officer or deputy animal control officers.
Every locality employing an animal control officer shall submit to the State Veterinarian, on a form provided by him, information concerning the employment and training status of the animal control officers employed by the locality. The State Veterinarian may require that the locality notify him of any change in such information.
(1984, cc. 254, 492, § 29-213.73; 1987, c. 488; 1998, c. 817; 2003, c. 804; 2004, c. 181.)

Derick what is this in refrence to? Take the time to explain your post, when you just cut and paste it's nothing but spam.

If a landowner has a problem with a dog, all he has to do is call the animal controler to come out and set traps to catch the dog, If the dog has any indentification on them, The animal controler will contact the owner and advise how to get the dog out of impound. If landowners has multiple complaints from the same dogs or person action will be taken, but I believe catching the dogs and informing the owners that this is private and posted land and using the codes of virginia will pursuade any more attempts from them to hunt unethically.

Good post.

Too bad it's not correct or accurate in regards to the situation being discussed here. Can dogs be trapped during deer or fox season if they cross onto another's lands? No. Called the AC officer for Sussex and he said it's a VDGIF issue and there is no local provisions in the county to trap hunting dogs or control hunting dogs as long as they're in compliance with the state laws on dog hunting. That's the law that says the chase can continue onto prohibited lands and so on. We all haven't forgot that law have we? How can if be illegal to chase on prohibited lands if the state says so? It can't. Counties can't over rule state laws. Until the state chase law changes it's business as usual. A hunting dog legally chasing during a legal season within the letter of the law on another's land is not considered a nuisance dog. He's hunting, it's the same law that allows dogs to run all over during deer season without consequence. Hokieman can't get that fact etched in his little mind. And that AC office I talked to, well turns out he's a deer dog hunter. SWo it's coming from one of your own who knows the laws. Not someone pasting and quoting usless drivel.

The whole chasing deer and stating they're chasing foxes which are legal is what 90% of the out of season running complaints are about. Trying to say a solution suddenly exists is pure BS. Move on people it's not illegal and no AC is going to come trap dogs chasing white tailed foxes.

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