Beware, vicious dog owners.

Your dog may soon be listed online.

Metro Animal Control may add a link to its website telling the public where vicious dogs are located. There could also be a mandatory insurance policy on vicious dogs.

As it stands, if a dog attacks a person or another animal and a judge deems that dog vicious, the owner is required to keep the animal in a six-foot cage. U.S. Postal Service letter carriers want more.

Letter carriers spoke at a Jan. 15 Casper City Council meeting about recent dog attacks and asked the council to take action.

In a work session on Thursday, the council discussed possible solutions and sent the issue to the Metro Animal Control committee, composed of city staff and council members.

In Oct. 2007, two letter carriers were separately attacked by pit bulls and sent to the hospital for shots and stitches.

Rick Sulzen, the Metro Animal Control manager, said one of the main problems in Natrona County is licensing of pets. If they don't, it lowers the city's ability to monitor pet behavior.

In 2007, Metro sold 5,600 licenses, Sulzen said. According to National Humane Society statistics, there are roughly 45,000 pet dogs and cats in Casper and surrounding areas. This means there may be more than 39,000 unlicensed pets running around Natrona County.

In order to encourage more licensing of animals, the city may establish a program with local veterinarians asking them to promote the $5 yearly licensing fee along with the animal's annual rabies shot.

Contact city reporter Christine Robinson at (307) 266-0639 or christine.robinson@trib.com

In other council news:

* The Weed & Seed/Meth Initiative Program may receive $100,000 from the city to account for national budget cuts in the Weed & Seed programs. If the council approves this in an upcoming regular session, the money will assure the Weed and Seed program of two years with a full budget.

* The council preliminarily voted to waive $120,589 in building permit fees and $19,372 in utility tap fees for the remodeling of the Townsend Hotel. Councilmembers preliminarily voted against reimbursing Natrona County for $5,652 for a demolition permit.

* The Downtown Development Authority asked the city council to help with the purchase of a horse statue for downtown, and the city preliminarily voted to help the authority choose a location but not help with funding.

* A committee of city staff members, city council members and business owners will meet today to discuss downtown parking.

* City staff and the entire council will meet for a four-hour session on the future of LifeSteps Campus.

* The next city council meeting will be at 6 p.m. Feb. 5 in City Hall, 200 N. David.