{"id":50310,"date":"2018-12-04T11:04:23","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T17:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=50310"},"modified":"2018-12-04T11:06:20","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T17:06:20","slug":"city-of-oxford-and-the-new-local-animal-shelter-mississippi-critterz-seek-to-raise-awareness-of-new-laws-and-drop-off-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/city-of-oxford-and-the-new-local-animal-shelter-mississippi-critterz-seek-to-raise-awareness-of-new-laws-and-drop-off-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Oxford and the New Local Animal Shelter Mississippi Critterz Seek to Raise Awareness of New Laws and Drop Off Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Oxford Police Department<\/strong> and Mississippi Critterz<\/strong> are partnering to raise\u00a0awareness about a new ordinance in Oxford. <\/span><\/p>\n

On October 2, 2018, the Mayor and Board of\u00a0Alderman amended City Code 18-46 which states: 1) Any animal seized in accordance with\u00a0<\/span>this article may be impounded in the city animal shelter. It shall be unlawful for any person to\u00a0<\/span>break open or in any manner directly or indirectly aid, counsel, or advise the breaking open of\u00a0<\/span>any animal shelter, or any vehicle used for the purpose of collecting or conveying animals to\u00a0<\/span>the shelter. 2) It shall be unlawful for any person, except for law enforcement or animal control\u00a0<\/span>officers, to drop-off any animals at the city animal shelter or shelter grounds when the shelter is\u00a0<\/span>not open to receive animals. Animals shall not be left unattended in the city dog park.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mississippi Critterz intake\u00a0<\/span>procedures differ from previous years. They only serve the Oxford\/Lafayette County\u00a0<\/span>community and WILL REQUIRE proof of being an Oxford\/Lafayette County resident or Ole Miss\u00a0<\/span>student. <\/span><\/p>\n

Before an intake of an animal can be completed, individuals will be required to show\u00a0<\/span>proof of residence by providing a Driver’s License, utility bill, or rent\/lease contract for\u00a0<\/span>verification. <\/span><\/p>\n

Residents outside of Oxford and Lafayette County should contact rescues\/shelters\u00a0<\/span>within your local community.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Mississippi Critterz facility has been updated with technology to help locate individuals\u00a0<\/span>that leave animals unattended. Any individuals caught leaving an animal at the facility will be\u00a0<\/span>charged. <\/span><\/p>\n

Mississippi Critterz is open Tuesday through Friday 12-6 pm and Saturday from\u00a0<\/span>11-6 pm. The facility is closed on Sunday and Monday. <\/span><\/p>\n

If you need assistance after hours and\u00a0<\/span>you live in the city please contact us at the Oxford Police Department at 662-232-2400 or if you\u00a0<\/span>live in the county contact the Lafayette County Sheriff\u2019s Office 662-234-6421. The Mississippi\u00a0<\/span>Critterz Animal Control Officer can be reached at 662-832-7634.\u00a0\"The<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Oxford Police Department and Mississippi Critterz are partnering to raise\u00a0awareness about a new ordinance in Oxford. On<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":50311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[256,5,13634,7067,7133,4,2092],"class_list":["post-50310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-government","tag-lafayette-county","tag-mississippi","tag-mississippi-critterz","tag-ole-miss","tag-opd","tag-oxford","tag-oxford-police-department"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2018-12-04-MississippiCritterz.jpg?fit=620%2C349&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}