Police continue to work on declaring them dangerous and have begun the process of charging the 44-year-old owner with having his dogs off leash.
Two pit bulls that attacked a Shih Tzu and nearly killed a cat Nov. 18 remain in quarantine while police continue the process of determining whether to declare them dangerous, Police Sgt. Michael Glassberg told Patch on Friday. An official declaration that the dogs are dangerous would impose restrictions on the dog owner if he takes possession of them again, Glassberg said. There would be a deposit for insurance, for example. The dogs would have to be microchipped and remain on a three-foot leash when they were being walked. Fencing at the dog owner’s home, located on the 700 block of Ninth Avenue South, would have to meet certain standards. “There’s some pretty restrictive things on it,” Glassberg said. The dogs would not be euthanized …
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A pair of dogs attacked a Shih Tzu and nearly killed a cat.
The afternoon of Nov. 18 was going perfectly for Gerada Louks. The weather was beautiful. Children were playing outside her Peace Valley townhome. Her 10-year-old cat, Peppie, was lounging on the porch—secured to the front door with a harness and leash so he wouldn’t roam the neighborhood. Louks was in the house getting Christmas decorations when she heard a scream. “Dog! Oh my god, dog!” her 17-year-old son, Noah, yelled. She ran out of her home to see that a pit bull had clamped down on her cat’s rear end. Noah held the leash and yelled at the dog to let the cat go, but the pit bull refused to yield. “This wasn’t just a dog. This was a dog (out) to kill,” Louks said. Louks didn’t know it at the time, but her cat was one of two pets a …
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Ein Vogel-frei
8:32 am on Friday, January 25, 2013
two months later and owners haven't been charged yet ? ? ? more ›