Burnaby's bylaw actually permits dogs to be kept in pens, garages, etc.

15A (2)Every person who keeps a dog in a kennel, pen or run area or similar confining place, whether within or outside a building, shall ensure that the kennel, pen or run area is cleaned regularly and that excreta does not accumulate.

(a)Every person who keeps a dog shall ensure that the dog is provided with the opportunity for exercise sufficient to maintain good health; and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, every person who keeps a dog in a kennel, pen, run area or similar confining place, whether within or outside a building, shall ensure that the dog is periodically exercised away from the place of tethering or confinement.

Note: AAS still receives reports of pens in Burnaby that are full of old feces and sad dogs. Pens are more cruel than tethering as the dog's vision is often severely limited.

Being kept in garages, sheds, and boarded up under porches is unspeakably cruel, but this is still legal in Burnaby in spite of AAS's undeniable documentation that was shown to the City of Burnaby, and its Mayor and it Council, that this happens and will happen more if people can't tether dogs.

Only one law will prevent this terrible cruelty: An outright ban on keeping dogs in all the ways that are cruel.