If I was the victim of that stinking dog I would execute it myself.
I’m also unique in my unbridled hatred of Huskies.
100% political. If Gov.LePage said the dog should be put down the liberal judge would have granted the dog a stay.
Somebody should tell the governor that he doesn’t have to stick his nose into everything.
Yeah. This is not a criminal case against the dog.
It’s not a punishment thing as much as a getting rid of a dangerous object thing. You don’t “pardon” non-humans.
My mother had a beautiful miniature poodle that was mauled to death by a vicious dog some a-hole let run free. It wasn’t the first time this dog had attacked other dogs. It took some doing, but we finally got the dog put down.
I say do society a favor and euthanize the dog’s owner as well!
Euthanize the dog now or euthanize it later after it again mauls or kills a smaller dog or bites a child, because it will happen again.
The reason there are dangerous dog statutes is not to punish the animal or even the owner, it is done to prevent the next attack. People have gotten so tremendously stupid these days.
I find a lot to admire in LePage but he made a mistake here. As an executive, you can’t respond to every sob story you see, no matter how much you sympathize with it. Its a typical Republican problem. They are for fiscal responsibility until they meet someone who doesn’t have insurance and needs medical care, then all the sudden its their Christian duty to expand the state to protect him or her. Or someone is going to execute this dog and some little kid cries about it so the governor “pardons” the dog. Its the worst form of feudal monarchical privilege. And completely undermines the rational application of the law.
Apparently our rules in Florida are more lax. We had a dog get out in our neighborhood and it killed 7 cats in a few days. When they finally caught him we heard he was not being put down, but would instead be held until the owner came for it.
All the neighbors did take photos of the their deceased pets to put on file as evidence too.
I believe the judge is in error. There is no language in the Maine constitution that limits the pardon power to just people.
The Maine Constitution says that the Governor has the “power to remit after conviction all forfeitures and penalties, and to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons, except in cases of impeachment.”
First time, it got mercy. Second time, the owner of the small dogs should have shot it. Then we wouldn’t even need to be talking about it.
The dog needs to be put down. Would the governor extend the same “mercy” to a drunken illegal who caused a death due to drunk driving? One person’s mercy is denial of justice for someone else.
Neuter the owner and give them time in prison.
Kill the dog.
Either way, really.
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.