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Benson Vermont
Animal Control
Dial 911 For ALL Emergencies
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Animal Control Officer
Mitch Bowen Sr.
537-2715
"Animal Control Officer" Shall mean the person or persons appointed by the Benson Selectboard to police and enforce the Animal Control ordinance in cooperation with appropriate law enforcement agencies and shall include, without limitation, sworn officers of the Rutland County Sheriff's Department and Benson Town Constables(s). He or she will:
- Maintain a list of unlicensed, inoculated and licensed dogs and wolf-hybrids owned or kept in Benson and to submit the list to the Town Clerk.
- On receiving a list of dogs and wolf-hybrids from the animal Control Officer, the Town Clerk shall notify the owners or keepers of all dogs and wolf-hybrids named on the list that have not already been licensed or inoculated, and after April 30th shall furnish to the Selectboard a list of dogs and wolf-hybrids not licensed or inoculated as required by law. Owners shall also be notified that unlicensed or uninoculated dogs or wolf-hybrids may be destroyed following the requirements of 20 V.S.A. §§ 3621–3623.
- After May 1st, issue citations to Owners of dogs and wolf-hybrids not licensed or inoculated as required by law.
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