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New Canaan Officials Mull Banning Dogs from Former Bird Sanctuary

Park officials are seeking to ban dogs from Bristow, a public park near Mead Park.

The NewCanaanite reports that it would take an updated Town Council ordinance to make it happen.

The idea was taken up a year ago and a suggestion was made to the ordinance subcommittee, but it didn’t make it farther than that.

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Dogs were allowed inside after the New Canaan Audubon Society relinquished the land to the town. Songbirds used to inhabit the area.

Read the full New Canaanite story here.

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