How is killing a dog that bites taking responsibility?
And who made you the bureaucrat in charge of telling people how to raise their animals? Did the dog seek anyone out and bite?
“How is killing a dog that bites taking responsibility?
And who made you the bureaucrat in charge of telling people how to raise their animals? Did the dog seek anyone out and bite?”<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Killing a dog that bites prevents it from biting again, but I would prefer the owners had done this before the incident occurred. They knew the dog had issues, and instead of doing the right thing and either keeping it away from people or euthanizing it, they decided to do nothing. What if it had been a toddler? A hundred stitches on a twelve-year old translates very badly to a smaller child.
As for the comment about me telling people how to raise their dogs, I have been involved in animal rescue for years upon years. I have seen so many people attacked and even killed because the owners chose to ignore the signs their dogs were showing, or they were oblivious to the issue because their dog was always chained or running loose, which meant that they knew nothing about their dog as it was never even around them. Responsible dog owners already KNOW this stuff! I was not the inventor of the whole “taking responsibility” movement. I don’t give a rat’s behind if it offends someone that I have an opinion about what to do with their dog. It won’t be up to them anymore when it bites and Animal Control comes to take it away and the police fine them and they have to go to court.
What bothers me is that people seem to think their rights to be a bunch of morons with their pets somehow trumps public safety, which is sad more than anything. We are quickly becoming a society of victims, unwilling to admit when we mess up, putting the blame on everyone else, including the “family” dog, and crying foul because we were asked to do our share, as if that were some impossibly difficult task!