It's Official: No leash required in Central Park!
I wouldn't mind this so much if the city actually enforced the leash laws in Central Park and the rest of the city. As far as I'm concerned let us have the Ramble and North Woods ( "forever wild" areas) free of marauding canines and let the rest of the park go to the dogs.I saw Rita McMahon, a friend and bird rehabilitator, last night and she said she recently stitched up a mallard that had been badly bitten by a dog.
The mallard survived but my old friend Ducky didn't.
It will just keep getting worse until the Parks Dept. decides to enforce the leash laws.
Send an e-mail to Parks' Commissioner Adrian Benape telling him you would like to see better enforcement of the leash laws in Central Park between the hours of 9 am and 9 pm.
This photo is from the Pool last spring. A woman who runs an Upper West side dog walking business let's her dogs run off the leash and this one went right in the water after the geese. I wonder if people who use dog walkers near the park really know what's going on with their dogs.
April 11, 2007
Metro Briefing | New York
New York Times
By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS
The Parks and Recreation Department announced yesterday that a policy of allowing dogs off leashes during overnight hours will become effective next month. Beginning May 10, owners with a license and proof of a current rabies vaccination will be permitted to let their dogs roam in designated areas of city parks from 9 p.m. to 9 a.m. Under an unofficial policy, the department has for years not given tickets to dog owners who let their pets run free at night in parks.
