[ SHOWGSD-L ] Decision due on doggone ordinance Manhattan, KS

From: "Ginger Cleary" <cleary1414@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Showgsd-L@Freelists. Org" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 02:32:42 -0400

The German Shepherd is listed to be considered dangerous.....
 Ginger Cleary,Rome, GA  ww.rihadin.com
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Member Sawnee Mtn Kennel Club
GA Director Responsible Dog Owners of the Eastern States.

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  Decision due on doggone ordinance
  Jeff Wright jwright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

  Life might not be the same for dogs viewed as dangerous and their owners
after the City Commission approves an ordinance regulating them Tuesday.

  The selection of one of three ordinances city staff plans to recommend
follows months of debate about what kinds of dogs pose a danger to the
public and what steps dog owners should take to minimize those risks.

  The presenters are Curt Loupe, director of Parks and Recreation, which
oversees the city's animal shelter; assistant city attorney Katharine
Jackson, and management intern Brian Williams.

  The three have been members of a Dangerous Dog Task Force formed at the
request of the commission to hammer out several unresolved issues, the
biggest being whether the city should pass breed-specific legislation
declaring a dog "dangerous" because its breed is judged to have a propensity
for violence.

  The city considers a dozen breeds of dogs to be potentially dangerous,
with the German Shepherd added to the list under one of the newly proposed
ordinances.

  According to Williams and other city staff, task force members ?
veterinarians, animal shelter staff, Humane Society and Manhattan
Association of Responsible Canine Ownership representatives and others ?
couldn't agree on whether breed-specific legislation was right for the city.
Opinions vary as to whether dogs should be labeled "dangerous" because of
their breed, or whether their actual behavior and history of violence should
be the determining factor. This also was a sticking point for the
commissioners.

  http://www.themercury.com/News/article.aspx?articleId=f6b322030bad4010beb7
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