Posted on 04/12/2017 7:53:12 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine's governor pardoned a dog set to be euthanized after killing a smaller dog.
But a judge has ordered the dog still be euthanized, saying the governor doesn't have the power to pardon a dog.
The 4-year-old husky-mix lived in Winslow with Matthew Perry. Last spring she got out and killed a neighbor's small dog.
A judge ordered Perry to keep Dakota fenced in, on a leash and muzzled when out for walks. Authorities say he violated that order. Dakota got out again and attacked the same family's "new" dog, biting it in the neck.
Republican Gov. Paul LePage said last week he was pardoning Dakota the Alaskan husky from the death sentence levied at that court hearing.
The judge said the euthanasia order stands.
District Attorney Maeghan Malony said: "The governor doesn't have the power to issue a pardon in this case."
Dakota has been waiting on her fate at the local humane society. Employees there said, "She's been very cooperative, friendly and extremely playful. We've seen absolutely no aggression."
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Nor should there be. The very idea of having laws extend to non-humans is asinine.
“That breed seems pre-disposed to malicious mischief.
Overall, people tend think I’m a monster for that opinion.
I find that they lash out at kids a lot because of the whole locking gaze thing. It’s easy to lock gaze with them, they are gorgeous animals.
But nasty too. And way overprotective. I’ve had better luck with pit bulls in the family situation than Huskies. All dogs are “protective” but a Husky will attack a toddler running to it’s master and that is enough .. right there... to forbid them from my presence.
It is one thing if the dog had been in his own yard. But breaking out to attack another dog? There is something wrong.
My mother’s neighbor’s dog was attacked and torn up badly by a Siberian husky who leaped the neighbor’s fence and attacked the little poodle while she was just laying on the ground between the neighbor and her husband. The Siberian’s owners gave it away to people who lived on a farm. On the farm, the Siberian killed a bunch of ducks. I don’t know what happened to it after that, but I imagine it was put down at last. I never trust Siberian huskies.
I myself have had two female Siberian huskies, and they were always good natured, though a bit rambunctious. Maybe that husky actually had wolf ancestry, which would explain the aggressiveness.
Nonsense, a dog's behavior is predicated on its training by the owner...........
Nonsense yourself.
I speak from my experience you go ahead and speak from yours.
Did those huskies come from a reputable breeder, or a pat store or puppy mill? I ask because the first is usually concerned about maintained good qualities, such as gentle temperament, while the others don’t.
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