{"id":199870,"date":"2025-09-04T15:29:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T15:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/199870\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T15:29:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T15:29:17","slug":"people-in-san-antonio-who-dump-dogs-and-cats-would-face-steep-fines-under-new-ordinance-san-antonio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/199870\/","title":{"rendered":"People in San Antonio who dump dogs and cats would face steep fines under new ordinance | San Antonio"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A stray dog sits beside the road.<\/p>\n

San Antonio City Council this Thursday will consider an amended citywide ordinance<\/a>\u00a0that would slap steep financial penalties on those who dump animals at the dog pound.<\/p>\n

Proposed by Animal Care Services Director Jonathan Gary and Assistant City Manager David McCary, the ordinance would impose first-offense fines of $500 to $2,000 on those seen by a witness or caught on camera abandoning domesticated cats and dogs at the city facility.\u00a0A second offense would result in a minimum penalty of $1,000, while subsequent offenses would rise to a minimum of $2,000.<\/p>\n

If the offender dumps multiple animals at once, each would count as a separate offense under the proposal. <\/p>\n

Animal abandonment is already classified as either a Class A misdemeanor, a state jail felony or a third-degree felony under state law, depending on the surrounding circumstances.\u00a0However, Gary told the San Antonio Report<\/a> the state law is usually applied only when an animal is abused or harmed.<\/p>\n

San Antonio’s anti-dumping ordinance comes as they city continues to grapple with a stray- and dangerous-dog problem. However, significant progress has been made since Gary replaced former ACS Director Shannon Sims in December.<\/p>\n

ACS responded to 82% of 3,200 critical calls between October 2024 and April 2025, city records show \u2014 a significant improvement from the 62.4% response rate under Sims’ watch. <\/p>\n

Even so, ACS is facing a 1% budget cut over the next two years due to the pending city budget deficit.<\/p>\n

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