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Posted on 10/14/2009 1:26:56 PM PDT by missycocopuffs
After 30 years remodeling homes, Orson Crisler lives a retiree’s life with his family in a modest house on M Street in central Louisville. On a hot day last July, one of Crisel’s family members — a rottweiler, one of six — ran into the street.
Within moments a friend returned the wayward canine, but it was too late: A neighbor had called Louisville Metro Animal Services, and the responding animal control officer determined Crisler’s dogs, which were safely inside at that point, were not properly enclosed, hadn’t received proper shots and needed to be impounded. The officer reportedly entered the home without a warrant, seized the animals, levied a $1,000 fine and catalyzed a legal battle that would test not only the limits of Crisler’s fixed income, but also the limits of our constitutional rights.
“I went to an attorney and paid him a thousand dollars,” explains Crisler. “All he did was write a letter. Then I went to another attorney, and all he did was make a phone call. I couldn’t afford to keep doing this, so I went down to the courthouse myself, got enough paperwork together to take my case up before a judge, only to find out I had typed it up wrong ...”
Aided by a courthouse employee, Crisler managed to get everything in order. But when all was said and done, he had lost time, money and two of his rottweilers, which apparently died under “mysterious circumstances” during impoundment.
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dangerous dogs bump.
Sure that’s what happened. Six Rotties living in a modest house all day. One escapes from the modest home and it is immediately spotted by an eagle eyed neighbor just seconds after it hit the door.
We had a jogger killed by two Rottweilers in Winston Salem a few years back.
Yep .......agree 100 percent !
A pack of SIX rottweilers living at a small home in the middle of a city, and owner isn’t bothering to keep their shots up to date? Only rabies is legally required, and there are always lots of cheap rabies shot events at pet supply stores. Sorry, the gubmint may well have handled things poorly here, but the owner’s irresponsibility is what set things in motion. And I suspect this wasn’t the first time one of his dogs had gotten loose.
In Denver, Animal Control decides which dogs are pit bulls. But what happens if they're wrong?
Is that you Orly?
Either your dogs and cats are really, really dumb, or you are just extremely lucky. It's like ingenious toddlers -- if you haven't had one of those two-year-olds who will drag a kitchen stool across to a cabinet, stack books on the counter, and stand on them to open the cabinet and get at the door key in a magnetic box under the coffeemaker on the top shelf, you just don't understand. My son did this - he's now a U.S. Marine where he can put his ingenuity to good use, but he gave us a lot of gray hairs and near heart attacks.
My dogs and cats sit around all day long scheming to get out the door. Occasionally they succeed, although they don't as a rule get very far. However, my 14 pound Blue Point Attack Siamese used to push screens out of upstairs windows and climb down a tree, from whence he would terrorize all the neighborhood dogs until I retrieved him.
The man had six, count’em six rottweiler’s. Inside the city, not licensed and no shots. Well Cry Me A River.
We kennel our Pit Bull at a farm that breeds Rotties. Of course, they are licensed and have all their shots, as does my pittie. Beautiful dogs and they make my pit bull look small by comparasion.
All pet owners need to be responsible, regardless of breed.
Has that been posted here? If not, you should!
The issue at the heart of the legal case in Louisville was whether animal control could enter homes and seize animals without a warrant and require seizure bond. Some pet owners had to relinquish pets to AC because they couldn’t post seizure bond only to be later acquitted in court. By that time their animals had been dispersed or euthanized.
Thanks. I forgot about the Rotweiller exception for warrantless searches and seizures.
-—My dogs and cats sit around all day long scheming to get out the door.-—
Mine too - and the 4 lb cat (vs. the 70 lb Pit Bull) is by far the most dangerous. The pittie would lick a burgler and then help him carry out the loot. Dumb dog.
That is the problem, I really don't think six dogs on a little city lot shows any personal responsibility and he thought he was exempt from all laws.
I was reluctant to post them here, knowing I would be fulfilling the sexual fantasies of certain members of this forum.
All things considered, I think I'd take my chances against your cat over the Rottie.
I am always worried my corgi will get out of the backyard, so I watch him like a hawk. However, his shots are up to date and he is registered with the city. I don't know every detail of the retiree with the Rottweilers, but he should certainly have their rabies shots up to date. Pet ownership is a great responsibility, particularly with a large and potentially dangerous breed like a Rottweiler.
Let me tell you an animal services story.
My ex girlfriend had four pits and two mutts.
they were all up to date and licenced, she worked
as a vet tech.
One afternoon a bro from the hood who used to kick on
the fence and drive them nuts came by and one of the
smaller pits managed to stick it’s nose out of the chain
link and nip him, strangely enough the Animal Control
JUST HAPPENED to be driving by at that exact time.
Bingo, they impounded all six dogs and eventually killed
all of them.
My ex was charged with some vicious dog ordinance and was
punished by the taking of the dogs, having them killed,
AND 600 hours of community service.
And what, you may wonder ,kind of community service did they
subject her to?? Why when they found out she was a certified
vet tech, they put her to work at the pound, euthanizing dogs.
I tried to get her to go back to court and get it all thrown
out as cruel and unusual punishment, but she didn’t want
to fight it any longer.
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