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The Auckland Council will debate a proposal to make all canine parks on leash by default.
Where and when dogs can be left on a leash in Auckland could change.
Stray leash dogs in the parks will become the exception rather than the rule if the new settlement proposed by the Auckland Board continues next year.
Currently, half of Auckland's local areas allow dogs to remain on leash in parks, with a few exceptions to playgrounds, sports fields, and environmentally sensitive areas, while there is no need for dogs to park. another half requires dogs. Davis with his dogs Jasper and Jingo at Shepherds Park on leave "title =" "src =" https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/q/z/v/p/5/ image.related.StuffLandscapeSixteenByNine.620×349.1qzujl.png / 1532732559077.jpg "class =" photoborder "/>
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John Davis with his dogs Jasper and Jingo at the Shepherds Park on a leash
The council proposes a region General default rule for dogs needing to be on a leash in all parks .
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Kaipātiki local council chairman John Gillon said the change in regulations would have a significant impact on the North Shore, where the majority of parks were left without leash
M. Gillon, who advocated the construction of the first dog park at Mānuka Reserve in North Shore, said the change would have an effect on the well-being of dogs if they could not run into their local pocket park.
"Although there are certainly areas to consider for moving from leash to leash, especially some of our bush reserves, I am very concerned about what Gilson could say:
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Jo Lear walks his dog Suzy on a leash at the Mānuka Game Reserve
"Updated signage and provision of more designated dog leash parks will also cost more. "
Jo Lear from Glenfield takes his dogs, Suzy and Sammy, to use the Mānuka Reserve Kennel Park regularly.
She said that her dogs did not use the exercise equipment provided, but she and other dog owners appreciated the opportunity to let their dogs run without leash in the open space.
John Davis and his dogs, Jasper and Jingo "Davis stated that while the park was popular with dog owners, most of them understood and obeyed the rules of off-leash dogs on sports fields or by dogs. was working on dog management with local councils
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Birkenhead Shepherds Park Park
Other areas to be examined included the granting of a license for the possession of several dogs as well as the time when dogs were allowed on the beaches.
On the beach, dogs must be on a leash between 10 am and 5 pm. Work Weekend at March 1st
The proposed change would extend the hours from 10am to 7pm and the duration to March 31st.
The Commission's information showed that a hearing panel would deliberate on the proposed changes in February 2019.
– Stuff
