Photo: The City of Minneapolis .
Photo: The City of Minneapolis .
KSTP
Updated: April 09, 2020 01:57 PM
Created: April 09, 2020 11:48 AM
Minneapolis Animal Care and Control has been seeing a significant increase in dog bites, and now the city of Minneapolis says all dogs must be on a leash outdoors or contained on your property per city ordinance.
The city said the rule is to keep people safe from injuries and from COVID-19 exposure.
According to Minneapolis Animal Care and Control, in March 2019, they saw 25 reports of bites or aggression. In March 2020, that rose to 45 incidents, an 80% increase from last year.
In March 2019, 28% of bites were uncontrolled. In March 2020, 53% of bites have been uncontrolled, meaning the dogs were not contained on a property or were running at large off-leash when the bite or aggressive incident occurred.
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