JONES BEACH, N.Y. — Man’s finest furry friend at the beach?
Proposed legislation is moving through Albany that would enable dog owners to have state park beach gain access to.
Dog enthusiasts informed CBS2 on Monday their petition has legs and legislators are listening.
Dogs frequently assemble on a Long Island town path, however owners want their paws remained in the sand.
“When individuals ask us, ‘Where we can take our dogs to a beach on Long Island?’ It’s so aggravating to state, well, virtually no place,” said Ginny Munger Kahn, president of Long Island Dog Owners Group.
The state handles 14,000 acres of Long Island parks with coastline gain access to.
“Our taxes help support these parks that we are prohibited from, that we are rejected total and overall access to,” group member Peggy Heijmen said.
So there is a motion to enable pooches to play in the parks and swim in the water.
“Because of the assistance that we have actually already had the ability to gather in both the Senate and the Assembly, that this is an effort that will move relatively rapidly through the Legislature,” Assemblyman Steve Stern said.
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Stern is co-sponsoring the dog gain access to legislation.
“This is not simply tossing evictions available to all of our parks and all of our beaches,” Stern said.
He says there will be code fines and stringent guidelines. For circumstances, dogs would be sequestered to a particular area of Jones Beach.
“We are not aiming to bring our dogs to Parking Field 4 in the middle of July,” Heijmen said.
Currently, dogs are prohibited from state beaches, boardwalks, play areas, golf courses, swimming pools and spray pads.
Dogs are restricted due to numerous issues, consisting of bothering native wildlife, excessive barking, unrestrained dogs, and leaving dog waste.
“I actually like dogs, however the waste is unhealthy,” one beach goer said.
“It’s actually an individuals issue, as long they act properly,” one man said.
“Just correct dog rules,” another said.
“We were simply walking on the beach over there and a dog simply went top of him, a truly huge dog,” one female said of her hubby.
Nearly 7,000 have actually signed the petition prompting their legislators to support doggie beach gain access to.
“Dogs are now considered as furry kids in our households,” Kahn said.
She said dogs be worthy of rights as a substantial family member.
