The proposed changes have the support of the Idaho Humane Society, which helped Thomson by providing a lengthy list of things it considered valuable when it came to animal welfare.
“I think I would call it a start to what we want to see happen in Boise and throughout Ada County,”Jeff Rosenthal, the society’s CEO, said Monday in a phone interview.
The recommendations of the city’s staff do not go quite as far as Thomson’s proposals. Staff recommendations are to maintain the current licensing fees and consider a single month of amnesty for those without licenses.