Unleashed dogs at Tucson parks are a rising concern for some neighbors, especially on the Eastside. Pima Animal Care Center (PACC) and its Animal Protection Service (APS) Unit have come up with a solution to help inform pet owners about leash laws.

PACC recently formed a Volunteer Auxiliary Education Unit to visit parks to talk with dog owners about leash laws and even hand out free leashes to anybody who needs one.

Arizona leash laws state that your dog must be on a leash at all times when outside of a confined area, which would be your home, and the leash must be six feet in length.

It's the law, it's courteous, it's simply the right thing to do," said the director of PACC, Steve Kozachik.

Kozachik says PACC's APS Unit has about 1,700 backlogged calls.

About 900 of those calls are s

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