Animal Laws
- Local Animal Control Laws You Should Know
- Greyhound Racing in Illinois
- Animal Welfare in Illinois
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- Legislation - Doris Day Animal League
Animal Control Laws You Should Know
- All dogs over four(4) months of age must be vaccinated against rabies and registered with Peoria County. Rabies registration tags can be obtained from local veterinarians or P.A.W.S.
- All dogs and cats must remain on their owner's real property at all times unless restrained by a leash or cage.
- No dog may cause a nuisance by:
A. Excessive barking, caterwauling, or other noise-making.
B. Causing unsanitary, dangerous, or unreasonably offensive conditions.
C. Damaging Property.
D. Chasing vehicles.
E. Attacking, chasing, or interfering with people or domestic animals.
No Person may abandon any dog or cat.
- Any female dog or cat in heat must be confined within a secure enclosure (e.g. garage, shed, or house - not fenced yard or kennel).
- All animal bites to humans must be reported to P.A.W.S. within 24 hours. Animals which have bitten a person must be quarantined and examined for rabies.
- The owner of any animal must provide nutritious food, fresh water, clean and adequate shelter, protection from the weather, and medical care.
- No one may:
A. Kill or wound any domestic animal.
B. Beat, cruelly ill-treat, torment, overload, overwork, or otherwise abuse a domestic animal.
C. Cause, instigate, permit or attend any dogfight or other combat between animals or animals and humans.
D. Allow any animal to remain unattended in a motor vehicle where the animal's life, health or safety is threatened.
Vicious and dangerous dogs are prohibited.
- City of Peoria residents with more than four dogs and/or cats must obtain a multiple pet license.
Greyhound Racing Legislation in Illinois
H.B. 1152 and H.B. 1153 ban greyhound racing and simulcasts of greyhound racing. State Representative Terry Parke introduced these two laws to outlaw greyhound racing and simulcasting of greyhound races in the state of Illinois. We strongly supported House Bill No. H.B. 1152 and H.B. 1153 for the following reasons.
- The taxpayers do not want to take on additional financial burden that occurs when greyhound racing fails as a business. Frequently, greyhound racing improves the economy only temporarily. Eventually it fails to continue to produce profitable net revenues. Often the industry requests tax relief from the state and defaults on the mortgages for the property.
- Greyhounds receive minimal health care during their track life and corpses of the dogs are often improperly disposed of.
- Many people are opposed to the inhumane treatment of these animals. Greyhound racing is an economically driven business that kills tens of thousands of greyhounds annually.