Juneau Assembly ups licensing price per pooch

Dogs playing. (Creative Commons photo by Sean Dustman)
Dogs playing. (Creative Commons photo by Sean Dustman)

Dog licensing fees at the Gastineau Humane Society and Southeast Alaska Animal Medical Center have been increased for the first time in 15 years.

The Humane Society and Juneau Police Department requested the fee increase to cover animal control services. The Juneau Assembly approved a resolution raising the fees Monday evening.

The licensing fee for dogs that are not spayed or neutered will increase from $35 to $45. The fee for spayed and neutered dogs will go up from $15 to $20.

City Manager Rorie Watt reported that the Humane Society and Animal Medical Center collects about $73,000 in licensing and impound fees each year. Most of the impound fees come from dogs.

For dog licenses, the fees are used to track dogs within city limits if they go missing and return the dogs to their owners when found.

The new rates went into immediate effect.

Humane Society director Matt Musslewhite says the shelter licenses about 4,000 dogs annually.

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