[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: beware......a warning
- From: Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx
- To: cleary1414@xxxxxxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 09:38:05 EST
In a message dated 11/11/2006 6:23:14 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
cleary1414@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
And before anyone says anything... yes this woman was over the "legal
limit"... but that in NO WAY should have resulted in this....
I have been trying and trying to warn people about this... aristas ARE
taking over Animal Control positions in many locations in this country. And
they are being trained by the likes of HSUS and PETA... THIS COULD HAPPEN TO
YOU.
Sure could if you're over the limit (they show it on Animal Planet almost
nightly!). BTW, in this particular instance, this particular lady at her
location without a breeders' license (which she didn't have) could have kept a
maximum of 4 dogs, with a breeders' license up to 10 and AC actually removed
19.
It's easy enough with the links in the news stories to find the regs; They
have to keep the dogs for 5 days, during which time the lady would have had
to pay the fines, impound fees, fees to get the dogs UTD on rabies plus a per
day fee per dog. If the fees aren't paid after 5 days the dogs can be put up
for adoption, which they were, (by sealed bid if more than one party was
interested). What's not clear is if she was home during the seizure. If so,
according to the ordinance she would have been permitted to choose 4 dogs to
keep.
Here's the ordinance;
_http://www.municode.com/resources/gateway.asp?sid=25&pid=10156_
(http://www.municode.com/resources/gateway.asp?sid=25&pid=10156)
Also, the dogs weren't in a rural location, they were in a home in the 9500
block of Northeast Cookingham Drive.
It appears that since she's now had a violation, a breeders' permit wouldn't
be granted and the maximum number of dogs she could keep would be 4.
Moral of the story IMO is that you have to know the code/laws particular to
your location and if you decide to thumb your nose and take a risk with the
consequences....well I guess you'd better have some (a bunch of!) emergency
cash stashed for the fines and fees and a few attorney's numbers in the ol'
rolodex. (Not that I think this lady would have had a legal leg to stand on
after reading the ordinance, mind you, but in her shoes, before the dogs were
to be put up for adoption an attorney wouldn't have hurt and maybe,
maaaayyyybeeee, could have negotiated something or at a minimum stalled until
she got
the money together to pay the fines and fees.)
The news story is easy to find on google news...and it appears that the AC
received a written complaint, which could be anticipated I suppose with 19 (or
23, again if she was home and kept 4) dogs at an address that can be
described as "in the 9500 block of".
Kathy
member GSDCA, DVGSDC
three generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions live here!
visit _Pine Hill German Shepherd Dogs_
(http://www.geocities.com/pinehillgsds/)
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