Doggonit! City dog licensing hits an all-time low

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<p>Chicago’s bark has long been worse than its bite when it comes to cracking down on owners of unlicensed dogs, but there now appears to be no bite at all.</p><p>That much was obvious Friday when City Clerk Anna Valencia revealed during City Council budget hearings that her office has issued only 4,100 dog licenses this year in a city with an estimated dog population of more than 650,000.</p><p>That’s down from the already paltry 8,000 dog licenses last year, 18,000 in 2017 and 40,896 in 2013.</p><p>The cost of a city dog license is clearly not the impediment.</p><p>The license fee has been…

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