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Posted on 12/05/2011 11:45:43 AM PST by Altariel
Apparently gunning down stray dogs on the streets wasn’t enough for the dog unfriendly officials of Cumberland County, North Carolina.
Now they want to slay, within 72 hours, every dog that comes into the shelter who is, or appears to be a mix of:
American Staffordshire terrier, Rottweiller, Akita, chow chow, Doberman pinscher, German shepherd, Great Dane, Presa Canario, Siberian husky or mastiff. There’s a convenient catch-all pit bull category as well.
They’re not doing it yet, despite what you may be reading on the misinformation highway.
But they’re talking about it.
The county’s Animal Control Board is recommending that authorities limit the adoption of the above dog breeds, or, as one county official referred to them, ”attack animals.” (Clearly, they haven’t met many Great Danes.)
The idea is only in the discussion stages, but many websites are reporting –erroneously — that the new policy goes into effect today.
“I’ve probably had 1,500 emails,” said John Lauby, director of Cumberland County Animal Control. (Here’s hoping he gets about 150,000 more.)
Lauby told a Fayetteville Observer columnist that misinformation on the Internet led people to believe the county will ban adoption of pit bulls and other breeds starting Monday, and immediately euthanize any members of those breeds in the shelter.
In reality, the county hasn’t taken that medieval step, it’s just considering it.
“We’re looking at a list of animals used as attack animals,” County Commissioner Charles Evans said. “It has been suggested that something needs to be done about those.”
The recommendation would have to make its way through a committe and then require approval by the county commissioners before going into effect. But it’s scheduled to be introduced at a meeting tonight. (6 p.m., at Cumberland County Animal Services, 4704 Corporation Drive, Fayetteville).
Lauby said animal control constantly receives calls from residents complaining about dogs behaving aggressively or running loose, preventing people from getting into their cars.
“We have an inordinate number of pit bulls in the county that are chasing people, chasing dogs, they’re on school grounds and generally bother people,” he said. “The reality is that about 80 percent of our calls are related to that particular breed.”
Complaints from the public also led Cumberland County to hire an outside contractor to capture stray dogs in and around Fayetteville — a massive roundup that started in August and, at last report, led to more dogs being gunned down than caught alive.
Fayetteville doesn’t have its own animal control department, instead relying on the county office to handle dog-related issues.
As I’ve implied before, that might be part of the problem — the problem, in my view, being not just too many uncontrolled dogs, but too many unenlightened public servants, who see dogs as foes and death as a solution.
Maybe it’s the army base influence. In any event, someone needs to usher Cumberland County into modern times.
In a way, the proposed policy — while it it lists some new ”public enemy” breeds, like the husky, and some returning ones, like the shepherd — would only formalize what’s already common practice in the county.
Since April, Cumberland County Animal Control has taken in nearly 1,300 pit bulls, but only 124 have been adopted. The shelter has taken in 180 Rottweilers since then, only 26 of whom were adopted. Of 96 chow chows received at the shelter since April, 15 have been adopted, according to the Fayetteville Observer.
The rest are euthanized.
Now, some want to make it official, banning the adoption of any of those breeds and guaranteeing a death sentence for all of them, or any mixes thereof — all based on what will likely be, judging from the wisdom they’ve shown so far, an uneducated guess.
In addition to complaints, worries about liability issues are also behind the proposal. The county fears it might be held responsible for any damage done by dogs adopted from its shelter. Most shelters handle that with a simple waiver.
Petitions against the policy can be found on several websites, including our-compass.org and change.org.
If you’d like to give Cumberland County officials a piece of your mind — and it appears they could use it — continue reading for contact information.
Dr. Jeannette M. Council PO Box 1829 Fayetteville, NC 28302 Office: 910-678-7771 Home: 910-488-0691 jcouncil@co.cumberland.nc.us
Charles Evans PO Box 1829 Fayetteville, NC 28302 Office: 910-678-7771 Home: 910-978-6643 cevans@co.cumberland.nc.us
Jimmy Keefe PO Box 1829 Fayetteville, NC 28302 Office: 910-678-7771 Work: 910-323-1791 jkeefe@co.cumberland.nc.us
Billy R. King PO Box 1829 Fayetteville, NC 28302 Office: 910-678-7771 Work: 910-822-6676 bking@co.cumberland.nc.us
Edward Melvin PO Box 1829 Fayetteville, NC 28302 Office: 910-678-7771 Cell: 910-391-4028 emelvin@co.cumberland.nc.us
Kenneth S. Edge Chairman PO Box 1829 Fayetteville, NC 28302 Office: 910-678-7771 Home: 910-425-0918 kedge@co.cumberland.nc.us
Marshall Faircloth Vice Chairman PO Box 1829 Fayetteville, NC 28302 Office: 910-678-7771 Work: 910-323-1040 wmfaircloth@co.cumberland.nc.us
Mayor Anthony G. Chavonne 433 Hay Street Fayetteville, NC 28301 910-433-1992, 910-433-3401 Fax 433-1948 mayor@ci.fay.nc.us
Dr. John Lauby Director of Animal Services Cumberland County Animal Control 4704 Corporation Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28306 Animal Control Phone: 910-321-6845, 910-321-6844, 910-321-6826, 910-321-6827, 910-321-6945, 910-321-6965 910-321-6852 jlauby@co.cumberland.nc.us
Agreed. Dogs should be taught that their territory ends where their master’s property ends.
Hopefully this will be the wake-up call they need to understand that breed bans are slippery slopes.
1500 pits seemed like an awfully large number so I went to Wikipedia to see the county’s human population numbers for comparison.
Wikipedia already had a entry on the dog adoption proposal.....
On Monday, December 5, 2011, a proposal is being presented in Cumberland County, North Carolina that all “Dobermans, Rottweilers, Chow Chows, German Shepherds, Great Danes, Pitbulls, Mastiffs (all bully breeds), Akitas and Huskies” will fall under a new breed ban.
According to a report published by Compass.org, “These dogs will be held for the mandatory 72 hrs and then will be killed, they will not be given a chance to be adopted.”
“If the dog is an owner turn-in, he will be killed the second he walks into the back.”
This ban will only result in mass extermination of innocent animals.
A petition has been created to try and stop the breed ban.
Clearly, Cumberland County North Carolina is comprised of human inbred, uneducated trash.
I have heard them called half backs. They move to FL but later decide they miss the change of seasons and want a less tropical influence on plantings and architecture, etc. so they move to the Carolinas which is half way back to where they came from originally.
They do tend to vote lib and complain about the lack of Starbucks and such in the small town where I live. :)
Is Clark a Great DANE, an ENGLISH Bulldog, an IRISH Setter, a GERMAN Weenie Dog [can’t spell Dauchound, lol], or a FRENCH Poodle?? Lol
Maybe he’s driving a Greyhound.
Tis the season to be silly.......
[I have heard them called half backs.]
That’s interesting Kalee, I’ve never heard that before. The ones who come to my area set up shop down by the border and go across for Dental care, Pharmacy meds, eyeglasses, good food and cheap liquor, lol. Cities like Progresso cater to them.
And no TV show on animals or any earthly species should be taken literally-but “Dogs 101”, “Cats 101” and other such programs do encourage people to look at dogs and cats as pets/companion animals rather than just some convenient sort of livestock or dangerous semi-domesticated creatures, and to at least explore the characteristics of individual breeds-maybe on at least one of a thousand websites where that can be done.
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He was a Great Actor -
A late and unusual film he made was “THE MISFITS”:
Marilyn Monroe
Clark Gable
Montgomery Clift
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It was humor devolve. Just sticking with the thread topic, lol.
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I remember that well.
Wonder if s-he’s still alive?
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Not sure
Younger than Piper I think
Pizza time
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Ahh haa, eating at a regular time!
Same thing here today, funny.
Hi DC. Things are still in ‘hexed’ mode here. I’m just trying to prepare for Christmas. Hope you are well.
RDO?
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