How will City of Calgary pet bylaws work within the annexation territory?
Calgarians work hard to keep their city clean and safe. The City of Calgary’s Animal & Bylaw Services partners with Calgarians, through active enforcement and public education campaigns, to enforce City bylaws. Bylaws are written to protect the environment, ensure high standards of public health and safety and maintain an orderly appearance for the city. The Responsible Pet Ownership Bylaw 23M2006 Click here to open the PDF (2,790 KB) sets appropriate standards for responsible pet ownership within communities to ensure that animals do not become a nuisance or danger. Animal & Bylaw Services primarily take enforcement action on a complaint basis. Within The City of Calgary animals are prohibited from “running at large”. This means that enforcement action can be taken with respect to animals that are roaming on public property or private property other than their own, and can be impounded.
Calgarians work hard to keep their city clean and safe. The City of Calgary’s Animal & Bylaw Services partners with Calgarians, through active enforcement and public education campaigns, to enforce City bylaws. Bylaws are written to protect the environment, ensure high standards of public health and safety and maintain an orderly appearance for the city. The Responsible Pet Ownership Bylaw 23M2006 (2,790 KB) sets appropriate standards for responsible pet ownership within communities to ensure that animals do not become a nuisance or danger. Animal & Bylaw Services primarily take enforcement action on a complaint basis. Within The City of Calgary animals are prohibited from “running at large”. This means that enforcement action can be taken with respect to animals that are roaming on public property or private property other than their own, and can be impounded. The bylaw prohibits the keeping of livestock on residential property within The City of Calgary however, new residents who hav
