Judge Michael R. Morgan addresses No Dogs Left Behind creator Jeffrey Beri in Canton’s town court at an arraignment for sound grievances on June 26. (Photo: Lucy Grindon)
Since March, a brand-new dog shelter run by the non-profit organization No Dogs Left Behind has actually been running on State Highway 68, less than a ten-minute drive from downtown Canton. Over the previous couple of months, 4 individuals who live close by have actually submitted main sound grievances. There have actually been 17 grievances in overall.
Jeffrey Beri, the creator of No Dogs Left Behind, supervises of the shelter. On Monday, he remained in Canton Town Justice Court to address recent grievances. (Allowing “consistent barking” is forbidden in the Canton Town Code.”)
Beri pleaded innocent, and a trial has actually been set for July 17.
Leslie Clark is among the next-door neighbors who’s submitted grievances. She’s sent 9 in overall. She said the noise of barking is often “shrill” in her house.
“It attacks our home. Every room of the home, when there’s barking. It’s not all the time, every day, however it exists,” Clark said. “It’s extremely difficult.”
The property where the shelter is positioned has in fact housed a dog kennel for years, under the name Maple Ridge Kennel. Clark said she’s lived neighboring for 39 years. She said she would often hear barking from the old kennel, however never ever as much as she hears now.
“Never as soon as in all of those years did I ever compose a composed problem,” she said.
Beri said he sees the sound grievances as an extension of next-door neighbors’ previous issues about Maple Ridge Kennel.
“There’s been some previous history with the previous kennel here and sound problems,” he said.
He said the next-door neighbors are presuming the dogs at the shelter are accountable for disruptions.
“We have actually received some tickets here, and the sound grievances, and on the other hand, you understand, at 8:30, there’s some other dogs in the community that are barking, and I’m stating, ‘It’s not our dogs! It’s not our dogs,'” Beri said.
The shelter presently houses about 70 dogs. Beri’s objective is to house around 120 at a time. He said he brings the dogs to the U.S. from all over the world, saving them from harmful circumstances in locations like China, Afghanistan, and Ukraine.
