Posted on 09/27/2016 2:04:15 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Animal abuse is a growing problem and one city councilman is doing what he can to fight it.
Cincinnati City Councilman Chris Smitherman has proposed legislation making it illegal to keep dogs chained when it’s above 90 degrees outside, or below 20 degrees if they do not have proper shelter.
The proposal also includes not chaining dogs from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. to help cut down on barking.
Dog owners who violate the new law will face a hefty fine.
“We are going to educate people that tethering your dog and keeping their dog out as we go into the winter in a little igloo without a lot of warmth is just not acceptable,” Smitherman told Fox19.
Here in Oklahoma, we have no laws on the books requiring dog owners to unchain or bring their pets inside based on certain temperatures.
The only legislation we have requires owners to provide their dogs water and a waterproof and wind-proof three-sided shelter.
Oklahoma City Animal Welfare Superintendent Jon Gary tells NewsChannel 4, “Being on a chain is a much bigger issue to me. Chaining a dog can lead to all sorts of problems, including behavioral issues.”
The ordinance addresses the city people who have no respect for their dogs and simply keep them chained outdoors. What is the purpose of having a dog if that’s how you are going to treat them?
Zero tolerance idiocy nothink morons.
Prosecute obvious cases. Otherwise leave people alone.
When government assumes stuff people and animals die.
I suspect my dog would love green eggs and ham. In the home or on the loam.
If a dog has shade and water, 90 degrees isn’t going to be a problem for most of them.
How did our dogs survive when I was a kid and nobody I knew even had air conditioned...anything.
What a cutie!
Last week I put my dog on the leash to take her for a walk. At the bottom of the stairs was a dog I’ve seen roaming the neighborhood unattended on more than one occasion. That dog got along well with my dog.
I get to the end of the walk to the sidewalk when my dog decides to pee. Just as she finishes and turns to invite her friend to play, a man walks by on the other side of the street, and the stray dog decides to go greet him. She got hit by a speeding car and broke her neck.
The poor man was beside himself with grief and horror, he wants to taker to a vet, picks her up and begins to walk. Wrong thing to do. She was able to wag her tail before being picked up and moving her neck.
Well, I put my dog back in the house, grabbed my keys and took them both to the vet around the corner. I thought he was her owner. After dropping them off, I had some things to do, but when done I went back to the vet to check on them. The desk wouldn’t give me any info. HIPPA for dogs? Who knew?
Anyway I spotted the man in the alley as I turned the corner and he told me she was paralyzed and the vet wanted to euthanize her. That’s when I learned he wasn’t the owner. Back at my neighborhood I searched for the owner of the dog. Finally found them...non-english speaking parents, the children acted as interpreters. They acted like they didn’t care that their dog was likely dead.
It took me over 24 hours to find these people, and when I did, as part of the course of my “investigation”, I learned that the owners had been spoken to several times by neighbors about letting the dog run around the neighborhood like that.
Even the kid who hit the dog, took off leaving it abandoned.
Just a few weeks ago I saw a beautiful, well fed dog wearing a collar and tags, get hit on the interstate at high speed. I cried for days.
I try so hard to keep mine safe and cared for. Yes, she loves to be outside and I do use her leash to keep her safe for short periods on the balcony or in the yard with me in attendance. She’s good about it too. She gets to soak up some rays while I weed the garden. But this thing about dogs living 24/7, chained outside in all weather is beyond reasonable.
I grew up on a remote ranch, and live in a remote area now-the leash laws here are designed to protect dogs and keep them from running someone’s livestock-because if they do that, they will be shot by the owner of that livestock. There is no real traffic on rural roads, but even if a loose dog isn’t the rare traffic fatality, eventually it will become fast food for a mountain lion or pack of coyotes-so the fine for a dog running loose is breathtaking-I haven’t seen a loose or unattended dog on this road or when hiking in the woods, by the river, etc in more than a year. The threat of a considerable financial outlay works-at least out here...
I keep my cats and dogs indoors-when I have a dog-like yours, my dog does not go out without me-my logic is simple-if it is my pet, it lives indoors with me-if it lives outside, then it is livestock, kept for sale and/or food whether it is a cow or just a chicken...
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