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| Ranger's plea to keep dogs under control (Birstall Today) Posted: 25 Mar 2010 02:55 AM PDT Visitors are reporting an increase in animals being let loose in the Birstall park, putting other pets and people, as well as themselves, at risk. Oakwell's head ranger Richard Aspinall said there had been incidents in the past of dogs being run over and killed, injuring themselves by jumping into the moat, and scaring horses, causing them to throw their riders – all because the dogs had not been properly controlled. "Our policy is that dogs need to be kept under close control if not on a lead," he said. "There are areas where there are signs requesting that people keep their dogs on a lead. We do mention to people if their dog is behaving badly that they should be on a lead, but unfortunately some people choose to ignore us and it's almost impossible for us to enforce – we cannot wander around the 110-acre site all day, every day." Mr Aspinall said everyone knew their dog should be kept on a lead, but some owners still wanted to give their dogs some freedom. But a dog roaming free can have drastic consequences, as one dog owner found out. The woman, who did not wish to be named, said a recent walk around the Nutter Lane park ended with a trip to the vets when her dog was viciously attacked by a Staffordshire Bull Terrier. Mr Aspinall said: "I would say 99 times out of 100 there are no problems whatsoever but it is really the fault of the owners of the dog who are allowing incidents like this to happen." Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Blue Mountains rangers kill pack of wild dogs (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 04:12 PM PDT Posted Five wild dogs that threatened two toddlers and mauled family pets in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney have been trapped and killed. The dogs are the offspring of a female dingo and a local dog from Blackheath. Upper Mountains National Park senior ranger Chris Banffy says they have been responsible for mauling four domestic dogs, killing a sheep and two cats have also disappeared. He says one of the wild dogs began acting aggressively towards two toddlers playing in a back yard after some tourists started feeding them. "Feeding any sort of animals, particularly wild dogs, can cause problems, and in this case it could have been quite a serious situation," he said. Mr Banffy says rangers have a program to control wild dogs in the park but it is unusual for them to venture into urban areas. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Pack of loose dogs raise alarm in Bonita Springs neighborhood (Naples Daily News) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 03:51 PM PDT BONITA SPRINGS — An awful surprise awaited 5-year-old Taylor Warson when she returned from school one day this month. A pack of dogs had entered her family's San Carlos Estates yard in Bonita Springs and set upon her two rabbits, mangling the pets until Taylor's father, Dennis Warson, chased them off with a bat. "Button was laying there, and Chowder, we thought Chowder got out," Taylor recalled. Chowder was in pretty bad shape, it turned out, and both rabbits died. The attack angered Taylor's father, who confronted the owner, demanded the dogs be removed and threatened to sue. When he notified the local homeowner's association, other residents shared their own concerns about the dogs. On Wednesday, the group presented the issue to Bonita Springs Councilman Steve McIntosh, who promised to look into it. Meanwhile, dog owner Pamela Allinson said her dogs have gotten a bad rap. She doesn't believe they killed the rabbits, and she believes other dogs are being confused for her own. "Sometimes I'm thinking it's a case of mistaken identity," she said. San Carlos Estates, a community of about 900 homes off Strike Lane, has a rural feel. There are no gates, and most homes are set on lots bigger than an acre. The roads were paved three years ago, despite opposition, homeowner's association president John Nickerson said. People still ride all-terrain vehicles in backyards and over swales, he added. Problem dogs crop up occasionally, Nickerson noted, but few incidents blow up into anything large. He said he carries a walking stick when he walks the area, just to be sure. "Most of the neighbors seem to take care of themselves if they've got a problem dog," Nickerson said. Warson lives on Dietz Drive, where his property is fenced. Allinson lives across the street and several houses down. She owns four dogs -- a black labrador and three tan mutts of the same size -- and a friend keeps another dog on the property twice a week. On Allinson's property, the dogs appear less menacing than rambunctious. They jump on people, dig holes in the yard and fall over themselves for a tennis ball. The property is fenced haphazardly in the front, with chicken wire overlapping a short goat wire barrier. Warson said he's running out of patience. The Lee County Sheriff's Office can't do anything unless the dog is vicious, he said, and animal control officers issued fines but didn't remove the dogs. The dogs have bitten someone before, he believes. "What's going to happen?" Warson asked. "Is another child going to have to get bit before something happens?" Allinson defends her dogs. She intends to contest the eight citations, which include four for unleashed animals, two for threatening and menacing behavior and others for licensing and vaccination issues. After initially apologizing to Warson and offering to pay for the rabbits, she now says she isn't sure her dogs were the ones that attacked the rabbits. "It's an alleged incident," she said. "His story has changed several times, on the number of dogs and the color of the dogs." Allinson also brought her four dogs inside her house, she said, and she hired a dog walker to exercise them while she's at work. The dogs now get outside three times a day. Nickerson believes the community is addressing the issue as best it can. He wanted Wednesday's meeting to show solidarity with Warson, and he believes the problem was isolated. Dogs run loose near his house, he said, and he's never had a problem. "We don't want to corral every dog that's running loose back here," Nickerson said. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Hermosa Beach bans sale of cats, dogs in pet stores (Daily Breeze) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 01:29 PM PDT » BLOG: More about pets Hermosa Beach officials took the first step Tuesday night in banning the sale of dogs and cats in city pet stores - a move designed to raise awareness about animal welfare issues and encourage pet adoptions. An ordinance prohibiting the practice - modeled after a recently enacted ban in West Hollywood - won unanimous support from the City Council and will return for final adoption at the next meeting, set for April 13. Today, Hermosa Beach does not have any pet stores within its city limits that sell dogs or cats, so the ordinance wouldn't immediately affect any retailers, City Manager Steve Burrell told the council Tuesday. But he said he dropped off a copy of the proposed law to both a pet store on Aviation Boulevard and a local veterinarian offering for adoption kittens that have been spayed and neutered. Burrell said in a staff report that the ban would not extend to veterinary clinics arranging and assisting in dog and cat adoptions. "This is thought to provide the beginning of the emphasis on cutting down on the number of puppy mills and cat factories in various places" that supply retail pet stores, Burrell said. Councilman Jeff Duclos last month floated the idea of the city passing the prohibition on the sale of dogs and cats in "companion" animal stores. Once approved, Hermosa Beach would join West Hollywood and South Lake Tahoe in outlawing the practice.kristin.agostoni@dailybreeze.com Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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