Lawmakers take aim at Alaska's chronic problems with abandoned and loose dogs

Lawmakers take aim at Alaska's chronic problems with abandoned and loose dogs

Dr. Eli Butler, a visiting veterinarian, holds a dog named Jack at the Nome Animal House on April 10, 2026. Butler, a graduate of the University of Alaska Fairbanks-Colorado State University partnership program, was in Nome for the week to provide services to local dogs and cats. Jack is owned by one of the staff members at the Nome Animal House. (Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) Rural Alaska has long struggled with an abundance of stray and loose do…