Well, after all that we have something we can agree on. In fact, I think that is a great idea. I'm still concerned it comes after the fact, after the attack. It is not going to help the victim.
Not that particular victim, no.
But it will set a precedent and send clear, non-negotiable signals to the other dumb ass owners to get their acts together before they go broke and go to jail.
Sometimes “money and jail” are the only things that force *some* people to do what decent people would have already done, anyway.
When WV made animal cruelty an automatic 10 year sentence felony, due to a particularly gruesome incident, even the thickest bricks in the crowd took notice.
Whereas before, it was common to read abuse cases in the paper, I can’t recall the last one I read since that law took effect.
“Automatic absolutes” really work.
When I was a kid, my dad laid out The Rules.
I was told precisely what would happen if I broke The Rules.
Being mule-headed and hating authoritarian mandates, naturally, I broke a couple of the rules to ‘push it’.
And, just what he said would happen *did* happen.
There was no negotiation, no arbitration and no appeals.
Just the promised punishment.
Needless to say, those few incidents cured me of “boundary testing” really quickly and I was an obnoxiously “good kid” after that.
It’s a pity that society has to treat [theoretically] responsible adults like mule-headed, obstinate children but if the shoe fits....
The odd thing is that in a certain “part of town” not too far from here, you can’t swing a dead cat without hitting somebody with a pit on a leash.
I’ve *never* heard of a single pit attack, locally.
Abused pits being hauled off and healed, yeah, but attacks?
I have no idea what is different here from everywhere else.
[and this part of town *is* bad and there *are* drugs everywhere]
A mystery...