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The Animal Control Commission shall meet at least once each month; shall coordinate to the fullest extent possible the work of all public and private Agencies concerned with animal care, protection and control; shall effect an ongoing dialogue and exchange of views between and among such Agencies; may conduct either independently or in conjunction with any appropriate person or Agency, public or private, such educational programs relating to animal control as it shall deem necessary or desirable; shall collect and publish statistics relating to the animal population of the city; shall determine the city’s needs in connection with animal control; shall prepare and may, from time to time, amend a long-range plan to meet such needs; shall prepare estimates of the cost of executing such plan and the several component measures thereof; shall recommend to the appropriate Boards and Officers of the city such actions as may be necessary for the implementation of such plan; and shall monitor the carrying out of such actions.
(Ord. 1972 c. 16 § 2; CBC 1975 Ord. T7 § 301; CBC 1985 7-9.2)
The Animal Control Commission shall establish and maintain a clinic in the city at one or more locations for the purpose of offering to residents the services commonly called spaying and neutering of animals, and which shall be known as the Boston Animal Spay and Neuter Clinic. The clinic shall be under the charge of a Director, who shall be a registered veterinarian authorized to practice veterinary medicine in the commonwealth. Fees for the services of the clinic shall be fixed by ordinance. Any person seeking such service shall in writing certify his or her ownership of the animal, shall in writing agree to hold harmless the Director and employees of the clinic and the city for any death of or injury to such animal. Any dog not licensed shall be licensed prior to being retrieved by its owner. Any animal not retrieved by its owner may be disposed of by the Director in accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 140, Section 151A except by use of firearms.
(Ord. 1975 c. 16; CBC 1975 Ord. T7 § 302; CBC 1985 7-9.3)
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