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Posted on 06/08/2011 11:09:07 AM PDT by Immerito
College Park (WAOK) Saying it’s acting in the interest of public safety, College Park officials will enact a “dangerous dog” registry next month that some critics say is very close to canine profiling.
Residents owning dogs that have, without provocation, bitten someone during the last 12 years, will be required to register their pet with the city clerk’s office. Pit bull, Doberman, Rottweiler and German shepherd owners, will also have to register their dogs whether they have ever attacked someone or not.
Registration will cost a $25 annual fee. Those who fail to register their dogs will face fines and confiscation of their pets.
Lawrenceville, LaGrange and Floyd County have all enacted their own versions of the ordinance but College Park appears to be the first municipality in Georgia to require registration for breeds beyond pit bulls.
(Excerpt) Read more at atlanta.cbslocal.com ...
“It will be Chows, Mastiffs etc...”
You are absolutely right. It is about total control and making money. This has nothing to do with safety. I’ve been bitten a few times in my life by a dog. One was a Chihuahua (this particular dog was just a badger in disguise) and a Yorkshire Terrier. Both dogs were under 12 pounds. Once again, this lunacy come from Maryland. Gosh, I hate my own state.
Correction: it isn’t Maryland. It is another state. But don’t think that Maryland won’t pull this same stuff. (sorry!)
I didn’t mean to point that at you, Joe...It’s all those out there who have been blindly screeching for breed bans without thinking how easy it will be to expand them. From what I understand, this particular act was never brought before the voting public.
And you're right; from my reading of the article this never went before the voters.
“Small municipality that’s been completely enveloped by the wrong side of Atlanta.
Their problems are not dog-related.”
The posters here do not know what these neighborhoods are like: war zones with shootings every day, packs of wild dogs and terribly neglected dogs chained up.
They should be neutered if the owner wants to avoid the annual fees.
They are just an attempt to wipe out hobby breeders and get as much money as possible in the process.
Why should responsible people with dogs that are top performers and great examples of the breed be forced to wipe out their genetic potential? And the good hobby breeders (who breed the best dogs for love, not money, they usually don't even cover expenses) are the ONLY ones that the government will easily be able to track down and fine/charge/harass out of existence. The puppy mills will just pay the fees as a cost of doing business, and they'll never catch the unscrupulous backyard breeders (they never, ever locate the owners of those "packs of wild dogs" or even the ones that are chained up - "it was here when we rented - I was keeping it for a friend whose last name I don't know - " etc.)
If and when I breed my dogs, I spend a great deal of time and money researching pedigrees, getting medical and genetic clearances, and selecting absolutely the best mate for my dog. And if I have a dog with a problem or a less than ideal pedigree, I spay or neuter without being told to do so by some bureaucratic idiot who doesn't know a Pit Bull from a Pomeranian.
Freedom -- or slavery. Your choice. Hopefully.
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I bought a home in 1998 in Florida and had to find insurance without a German Shepherd clause. I think it’s geared more toward racism than dog breed.
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