Leash Law Advocates of Santa Cruz County

05/04/2016

LLASCC interviewed on KSBW.

Both dogs and survey stirring up controversy

04/02/2016

03/23/2016

Unlike humans, “the shorebirds and the plovers view the dog as a predator. The birds will react to a dog from a much greater distance than people.”

The wildlife ecologist also points out that the snowy plover is not the only species that could potentially benefit from a restriction on off-leash dogs.

Many aren't happy about proposed on-leash dog restrictions at Ocean Beach, Crissy Field, and more, but the alternative could spell trouble for endangered birds.

12/15/2015

Dog owners continue to allow their dogs to run off leash on the beach, chasing shorebirds and depriving wildlife of rest and feeding.

Santa Cruz is dog heaven! We have 260,000+ human beings in Santa Cruz County, and over 50,000 dogs, by estimate of the County Animal Shelter. And that's on a weekday in the wintertime. On we...

04/10/2015

Off-leash dogs chase shorebirds from the beach.

Scroll down for studies of bird disturbance: Birds at a Southern California beach: seasonality, habitat use and disturbance by...

04/07/2015

One off-leash Weimaraner chased twenty-seven birds off Corcoran Lagoon Beach. http://llascc.weebly.com/off-leash-dog-reports.html

02/23/2015

http://santacruzoffleash.weebly.com/

Santa Cruz Off Leash Beach describes where I can take my off leash dog to the beach in Santa Cruz.

01/19/2015

Research tabled at the recent Shorebird Conference in Darwin has shown that it is virtually impossible to keep dogs within a designated off-leash zone. To test those claims we recently visited randomly for the first time the dog off-leash area at Nudgee Beach, which is not far from Sandgate. There was only one dog within the designated off-leash zone, but plenty of dogs off-leash outside this zone.

Hence, this proofs without any doubt, that creating a designated dog off-leash zone does simply not work.

However, Victoria Newton, our local councillor who is actively supporting a dog-off leash area at Brighton, does not seem to be aware about this.

At the 4456 meeting of the Brisbane City Council, on Tuesday 9 December 2014 she claims:

"I just want to point out that other local governments seem to find a way to cater for responsible dog owners on the beach. In St Kilda, Bribie Island, Southport, Coolum, Noosa, Palm Beach, Sunshine Beach and our very own Nudgee Beach, Madam Chair, which is the only one really in Brisbane."

01/18/2015

Unleashed dogs dominate County beaches. Who would want to go to the beach to be confronted by this?

01/13/2015

Corcoran Lagoon Beach is overrun with unleashed dogs, chasing wildife over and over, every day.

" Our beaches have become playgrounds and toilets for unleashed dogs, turning a treasure for all into an exclusive domain for the few."

01/08/2015

Snowy egrets in their natural habitat at Corcoran Lagoon Beach.

01/07/2015

The other day, when we took our dog for a walk on the foreshore, five (!!!!) off-leash dogs charged at us. We didn't know those dogs. We didn't know whether their owners were able to control them. Our current dog doesn't seem to attract aggressions by other dogs. But she is a very strong dog. And she became quite unsettled by those 5 dogs charging at us, This was very uncomfortable for us. It is very hard to control our dog once she feels threatened or exited by other dogs.

Brisbane City Council, why are you doing this to us, your voters and your rate and tax payers?