Unchain Siloam's Dogs!
Siloam Springs is a beautiful, growing town full of wonderful people. Unfortunately, it's also filled with chained-up, sad, lonely, and sometimes dangerous dogs. It's time change that! We would like to ask our City Leaders to move in a new direction with regards to Animal Welfare & child safety within Siloam Springs. Our streets and pathways are being constantly improved. Unfortunately, a short drive around Siloam Springs will show anyone that the lives of our animals are not getting any better. Food, water, socialization, and shelter are lacking for many of the dogs one can see chained to trees and posts all through our city. Please work to improve the lives of those who depend 100% on us - our animals - AND our children. Many children are injured and even killed by chained dogs every year. See http://www.mothersagainstdogchaining.org/ for more info on this sad topic. It's time to join the many other cities in Arkansas and throughout the United States to end chaining/tethering as an allowable full-time containment method for dogs. Dogs are social animals, and they need and deserve interaction, exercise, socialization, clean water, shade, and protection from the elements. It's time to TAKE A STAND and move Siloam Springs towards a more humane future. For more detailed information, see http://www.unchainyourdog.org/ and http://www.dogsdeservebetter.org/.
Please create change for those who cannot speak for themselves. For current Siloam Springs ordinances, go to: http://www.municode.com/Resources/gateway.asp?pid=13351&sid=4
Siloam Springs is a beautiful, growing town full of wonderful people. Unfortunately, it's also filled with chained-up, sad, lonely, and sometimes dangerous dogs. It's time change that! We would like to ask our City Leaders to move in a new direction with regards to Animal Welfare & child safety within Siloam Springs. Our streets and pathways are being constantly improved. Unfortunately, a short drive around Siloam Springs will show anyone that the lives of our animals are not getting any better. Food, water, socialization, and shelter are lacking for many of the dogs one can see chained to trees and posts all through our city. Please work to improve the lives of those who depend 100% on us - our animals - AND our children. Many children are injured and even killed by chained dogs every year. See http://www.mothersagainstdogchaining.org/ for more info on this sad topic. It's time to join the many other cities in Arkansas and throughout the United States to end chaining/tethering as an allowable full-time containment method for dogs. Dogs are social animals, and they need and deserve interaction, exercise, socialization, clean water, shade, and protection from the elements. It's time to TAKE A STAND and move Siloam Springs towards a more humane future. For more detailed information, see http://www.unchainyourdog.org/ and http://www.dogsdeservebetter.org/.
Please create change for those who cannot speak for themselves. For current Siloam Springs ordinances, go to: http://www.municode.com/Resources/gateway.asp?pid=13351&sid=4
Dogs deserve better!
Animals deserve more humane treatment!
This feels like an awful,depressing abandonement of these dogs.Have a heart and put this right.
I feel that the city leaders are letting down decency and morality.
Tethering of animals should be illegal, everywhere!
It is not civilized AND not safe to chain a dog. This is no way for an animal to have to spend its life. It is also not safe to the citizens of your local area. The psychological damage done by chaining dogs is one of the main causes of dog bites and attacks.
Why bother to have a dog if you are only going to chain it up in your yard? Buy a lawn ornament instead of indulging in this type of cruelty. As long as this type of treatment is legal, people who don't know any better will continue to do it. Once this practice is illegal, most of these animals will enjoy a better life. I'm sure there are people in this town who are of the opinion that "It's legal, therefore it must be okay."
