Official:Amending Chapter 10-100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Animals," to establish provisions for the reporting of wild raccoons, and to provide for the manner of their abatement, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Clarke
Introduced: May 5, 2011
Signed: June 23, 2011
: Committee on Public Health and Human Services
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill requires people to report live wild raccoons in Philadelphia to Animal Control and sets rules for how to remove them.
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