This is exactly why I do not like the government involved in anything and would never ASK for more dog laws.
They think that these dogs would be better off euthanized at a local shelter than with this owner.
IF the dogs are not physically suffering from neglect, the police ought to have better things to do. How come they do not show this kind of crap on Animal Cops?
Because the majority of people out there are normal, ordinary people doing a fair job with their pets. Animal Cops shows the most extreme cases to inflame people and encourage them to go out of their way to support legislation that appears to be in the animals' best interests.
It will not help these animals to be in a shelter, possibly getting sick and dying, or simply euthanized for lack of space.
They were pretty yappy though, maybe the neighbors are comlaining.
It has to make you seriously wonder whether there is truth to the plight of animals when humane officers bother people about a few perfectly healthy animals.
I heard about one where the town invoked a limit law. The guy had six dogs, the limit law said three. No grandfather clause, they had to give up the animals or move by a certain date. The owner bought a house on some land outside of town where there was no limit. They had everything in the works but they needed an extra week to be moved in. The man went to the city councel to ask for an extension explaining that he bought a house outside of town and will have the dogs relocated by that time. He was given a verbal go-ahead.
He went on to a dog show when he called home to tell of his winnings with the two dogs he had with him, his wife told him not to come home, not to bring the dogs home. They had come to his home, the wife was out. They broke a window to gain entrance and took the bitch and four week old pups and his other dogs out of his home. He was within the extension that the councel gave him.
He had to get a lawyer, pay fines, pay $1000 for care of his animals, in order to get his animals back.
We think this stuff doesn't happen, but it does. I generally think rescues are good and shelter people and AC have a tough job, but they can go too far. This guy was lucky that his bitch and pups did not pick up a disease in the shelter.
Personally, I would have to be hurting someone if they did that to me. Most likely to spend time behind bars -- yep, you mess with my animals, and everyone would be losing. Thankfully, this guy was sensible and got his animals back the right way.
Hopefully, the news will generate enough outrage to make the county back down in this case.
Normally, I am all for enforcing the laws on the books, but I do not believe in limit laws. I think that the laws should deal with physical evidence of cruelty and neglect/abandonment, and leave the rest of us well alone. They can pass nuisance laws about barking and such, but the burden of proof should be on the complaintant, as we like to think we are innocent until proven guilty. If there is a nuisance, they should allow you to propose a method to fix the problem before siezing healthy dogs.
eRrrrgh!
Ok, tired now.
