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The Salem Commons and other public areas are beautiful places for all to share, but I’m greatly concerned about dog owners that do not comply with the leash law, even though the Salem Dog Licenses website states that the leash law is strictly enforced. Unfortunately, what we see every day is that the leash law is NOT enforced.

There are so many dog owners that say, “my dog is friendly”, and let them loose without thinking that other dogs will be startled and react by defending themselves and barking, which becomes a snowball effect and sometimes greater trouble where smaller dogs can get seriously hurt.

Please, we pay our dog licenses, so we’d appreciate enforcement of the leash law for all in Salem.

Thank you.
Concerned citizen and dog owner.