Got a Clermont County 2012 Dog Tag? Enter Your Dog to be the County Poster Pooch
Immediate Release
January 11, 2012
Batavia, Ohio. If you have a dog and you live in Clermont County, make sure you purchase a 2012 dog license by January 31, 2012. “This is truly the best way to ensure that you and your pet are reunited, if you are separated,” said Clermont Animal Shelter Director Kim Naegel, during a presentation before the Board of Clermont County Commissioners on January 11, 2011. “Last year, we were able to facilitate 300 happy reunions, primarily because we were able to find a stray dog’s owner by checking his tag.” Dog licenses cost $14 each and are on sale at the Clermont County Animal Shelter (located at 4025 Filager Road in Batavia), the Clermont County Auditor’s Office (located at 101 E. Main Street in Batavia), and a variety of satellite locations. Visit the Auditor’s website www.ClermontAuditor.org for a complete list of dog licensing locations.
“As of the first of January 2012, 4,859 dog licenses have been sold in Clermont County and 41 kennel licenses, down slightly from 2011 sales at the same time,” said Molly Geise with the Clermont County Humane Society. Fees collected for dog licensing (required under Ohio law) are used to care for abused, neglected, and abandoned dogs in the county. “In 2011, over 4,000 animals were cared for at the local shelter,” added Geise.
Once you have purchased your 2012 Clermont County dog license, enter your pet in the 2012 search for the best dog in the county. Entry forms for the 2012 Clermont County Humane Society Poster Pooch competition are available on the websites www.ClermontAnimalShelter.com and www.ClermontCountyOhio.gov; call 732-7597 or email rkimble@clermontcountyohio.gov for additional information. Prizes will be awarded to first, second, and third place winners; an awards ceremony is planned in late February.
To watch a video about the contest, visit the website http://www.clermontcountyohio.gov/videoposterpooch.aspx
Pictured above: Humphrey is one of the amazing dogs entered in the search for the 2012 Clermont County Humane Society Poster Pooch
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For additional information about this or other county news, contact Clermont County Communications Director Kathy Lehr at (513) 732-7597 or by e-mail, klehr@ clermontcountyohio.gov