[pandoraou812]

Q. Is hurting a Police Dog the same as hurting a Police Officer?

A. Injuring or killing a Police Dog is a 3rd Degree Felony punishable by imprisonment of up to 5 years in prison.

http://www.tampagov.net/dept_police/Special_Operations/K-9/K9_FAQ.asp

I know in my state (NJ) if you injure a police dog you are in big trouble. My husband once was arrested before I met him and was charged for feeding a police dog bologna.

[Casio]

Injuring or killing a Police Dog is a 3rd Degree Felony punishable by imprisonment of up to 5 years in prison.

If that's the case, it is ridiculous. Even if I have committed something (anything), I have the right for a trial and conviction, before I must expose myself to punishment of any kind. From a human police officer I can reasonably expect that he is not going to injure/harm me, before I am convicted of something. From an animal, let that be even a trained dog, I can't expect the same thing. It would be (should be) reasonable self-defense, if the dog attacks me.

I know in my state (NJ) if you injure a police dog you are in big trouble. My husband once was arrested before I met him and was charged for feeding a police dog bologna.

Ridiculous as it may be, at least there there is no "reasonable self-defense", if it is against the law, it is against the law. Silly, but it is against the law.

This is part of the new trend of trying to provide "rights" to animals.

Gabor