Although Orange County commissioners have postponed a decision on an ordinance that would ban dog tethering, Durham officials are scheduled to move forward tonight with their proposed ban on tethering.

Read more over at the Bull's Eye blog.

(This blog entry replaces an earlier version.)

County commissioners passed a ban on dog tethering tonight with a 4-to-1 vote. (Visit the county's Web site to see the ordinance.)

The decision came after months of heated debate and a two-hour public hearing earlier this month. Commissioner Lewis Cheek was the only dissenter on the five-member board (see the concerns he voiced last week).

Durham now joins the town of Clayton to become the second Triangle jurisdiction to ban dog-tethering. Orange county leaders also have considered a similar ban, but have not yet adopted a new ordinance.