Recent dog bites in Parsons may lead to approval of an ordinance requiring the owners of vicious dogs to pay for an identification microchip. The ordinance city commissioners will consider on Monday would require the city to impound any animal that bites a person and have it implanted with a microchip to help identify the animal in the future. The cost would be assessed to the owner if the animal is ultimately declared viscous. The dog could later be impounded in violation of the ordinance requiring vicious animals to be removed from the city. The city would have the option to euthanize the dog if the court deems it necessary. During a Thursday afternoon work session, City Manager Debbie Lamb said the proposed ordinance is a result of several dog bites in the last few weeks. She said it is fairly certain that one of the dogs had been declared vicious and the owners ordered to remove it from town.
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