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Dog Parks

Whether the tabloid take is "Dogs Unleashed on Parks!" or "Fido Finally Gets to Play!," advocates from both ends of the spectrum would undoubtedly agree: the issue of free-running canines in public open spaces has become a permanent fixture in local park planning debates.

Dogs have always played a big role in city parks, but their traditional position at the end of a leash has been upended among dog owners for much more active play.

Download this research paper as a pdf below. A related article that appeared in the Christian Science Monitor can be viewed here. In addition, learn how many dog parks per 100,000 residents are in the nation's largest cities here -- a statistic obtained through the Center's annual survey of city park systems.

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Creating Dog Parks -- Without Rancor