Dangerous dogs
We’ve been told about 2 cats that were killed early on Jan.2 by a pit bull in the alley between 23rd and 24th at Marshall.
The dog was described as a large pit bull with two shades of brown wearing a brown collar. Please contact Sandra Lubbers at lubbers.s@comcast.net or 648-0840 if you have any information on this dangerous dog.
You can report loose dogs via the Citizens Request Page or by calling (804) 646-5573.
We recently took a stray black lab to the animal hospital that had been savaged by a loose brown pit bull. This was on 23rd at R Street.
A cat was killed on the morning of 1/4/07 on 26th street between Grace and Franklin. There were two dogs: one black dog with a curly tail and a pit bull with two shades of brown.
The ‘black dog with a curly tail Is it an un-neutered male? Looks older? If it is, then I’m familiar with this stray. I even saw him in the vicinity of 25th & Franklin on 1/4/07 about 11am. I’ve called numerous times to Richmond Animal Control with his description and wherabouts. He can often be seen sleeping in the corner yard of 21st and M (house on NE corner). Also roams to Jefferson Ave to the Family Supermarket area foraging for chicken bones. He has a collar, but will not come when called. I’ll keep calling Animal Contol when I see him…hopefully others will call, too. Just because he has a collar doesn’t make him a nice dog.
We’ve heard that this story will be on Channel 8 tonight for the 6 o’clock news.
And I think that would be the same dog. That is right in the middle of the other sightings.
NPR just did a story tonight on the number of wild birds (and other animals) killed by outdoor cats each year in the US (estimated in the 100s of millions). A bird-dog alliance per chance?
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6728958
Dangerous Dogs Loose in Church Hill.
(I guess it is too much for link or mention when the mainstream media pulls from this site as a source)
To the woman who wrote that cats kill birds: I love birds, and hate it when a cat leaves a dead one at my doorstep.
However, to compare that to a probably trained to kill pit bull is irresponsible.
One of the reasons Church Hill has so many cats is because of the many rodents which live in the sewers and Libby Hill Park.
Also, being the mother of an incredible “ratter,” I quote Clyde Galloway when seated on a park bench at the top of the Hill. He said when my cat hastily dispatched a rat which had climbed over Clyde’s foot,:”Good Cat Blue!”
I remind some about what happened when an overly zealous, self-righteous Church said cats were from the Devil; people killed most of the cats in Europe allowing the Black Plague to reign.
Cats, like their owners, are not perfect. I too, love birds and try to protect them, but we must use common sense when looking at the death of cats killed only because of man/woman’s foolish folly?
Written for all the precious cats in this wonderful neighborhood by a cat lover.
Lu Motley
2718 E Franklin St.
Richmond, Va 23223
So much for help from the City!
My neighbor saw the pit bull in our alley, called Animal control and was told that they didn’t have anyone to send out. My cats were killed within 50ft of their own kitty door, so don’t think your animal is safe if it always stays close to home.
I have observed quite a few individuals walking their pit bulls down the sidewalks on chains that are more appropriate for an animal the size of a rhino. There is absolutely no reason on earth for a dog to be walked on a chain fit for an industrial lift. If the dog is that potentially uncontrollable then they should not even be walked. I suppose that these individuals measure their testosterone level (or lack thereof) by the size of the chains that they burden their dogs with and how vicious they can make their dogs appear to be. I feel bad for all of the animals involved; it all boils down to the accountability of the owners of these pets that kick them aside when they no longer want to care for them. The so-called “breeders” of these dogs need to be located and punished appropriately by the law. I rescued a pit bull a few years ago that had been used in a dog-fighting arena. He was discarded under a porch wimpering and had blood all over him. He survived and is now living with loving owners with a back yard to run around in (with fencing). While concentrating on finding these stray dogs, we should also focus on owners who are not caring properly for their pets and report them to the authorities – and keep reporting them until the authorities listen. This is an unacceptable situation for all of the animals involved. My sympathies extended to all of those who have lost a pet.
Lu: I don’t think the earlier poster’s bird comment was meant to compare the death of cats to the death of birds. I think that poster merely meant to inform. Nothing is irresponsible about reporting accurate information. Fact: left on their own, dogs will kill cats and cats will kill birds. Fact: cats kept inside won’t get killed by roaming dogs and won’t eat the birds.
Great final thought Animal Lover. It is completely irresponsible and inconsiderate for the owners of cats(dogs as well) to let these animals run freely throughout the neighborhood.
None of the things mentioned in these posts would be an issue if the OWNERS would keep their animals confined to their own property. I don’t have cats…nor do I want them. I appreciate that they are God’s creatures however, I do not like them. I have cats roaming around my yard and using my mulch as their toilet creating an unbearable stench. Moreover, my yard is a completely enclosed compound but cats will climb…This makes the situation that much more frustrating. The cats seem to enjoy the peace and serenity of the outdoor space that I have spend alot of money to create! This issue is not about the cats–they are simply doing what comes naturally to them. It has everything to do with my rude and inconsiderate neighbors who cannot contain their little darlings! Folks…you do not live on a farm. This is a densly populated urban neighborhood.
Please do not disrespect the wishes of others and impose your inconsiderate will on others.
Tomorrow, a city resident and alleged ‘dog fighter’ will have her day in court. Please consider signing the attached petition (which I did not create) or email city prosecutor Michael Herring (michael.herring@richmondgov.com) and Judge Taylor to say that animal neglect and abuse is not something Church Hill residents will tolerate. We need to tell M. Herring that when an animal is neglected and mistreated, the community also suffers the consequences. too many dangerous dogs live in this neighborhood thanks to irresponsible, ignorant people who cannot care for themselves, much less a pet. This needs to stop. Animal abuse and neglect is a felony offense, but until judges impose the full penalty on convicted animal abusers, they will be given suspended sentances and the message that animal welfare laws are not going to be enforced by the court.
PETITION: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/253475894
I am from the UK and have just read the thread.
I hope these dogs are caught soon before someone takes matters into their own hands and shoots them !
Dogs should not be allowed to roam free and kills cats – and to all the people who think “a cat is just a cat” THEY ARE NOT !
Lets hope these dogs are caught before they attack a child !
Odell, Animal Control responded my call for the black dog. We found the owner and the dog was secured. If anyone sees hiim on the run again, please leave a post so I can contact you.
Great job Mac.
Two dogs aggressively approached my neighbor last night on the 100 block of north 28th Street. Luckily she made it into her house but they followed her up her front porch stairs. The dogs fit the description of the two dogs in earlier posts, a black dog with a curly tail and a mottled, brown and white pitt bull. Not sure if this black dog has been caught but please be careful.
I hope that black dog is not out again. I’ll look for the other 2 when I come back. I’ve got a catch pole so I should be able to catch them.
Oops. I didn’t read the last night part of the above post. I got the black dog this morning. I need to learn to pay attention!
Mark E. please contact me about the cat incident you were speaking about on 1/4.
Mac, You’re such a great Church Hillian! I understand that Richmond Animal Control doesn’t have the same relationship with the police as many cities do. Are there certain situations where we should call RPD v/s Animal Control?
It’s almost always better to call us and we can call out Animal Control. I, personally, have a good relationship with almost all of the Animal Control Officers and I’m working on making it better in the coming year. If you call us, use the non-emergency number unless the dog is engaged in an act of violence. Thanks to you, Heather, for being a good neighbor!
To Mac the cop:
The cat mentioned by Mark E was in my yard, on 26th between Grace and Franklin. Another neighbor saw the two dogs the morning that we found the dead kitty in my yard. I know this is yucky, but the kitty was still warm when we found it around 8:30 that morning and my neighbor saw the dogs between 7 and 7:30.
Another cat was mauled and killed just outside the owner’s door a couple of weeks ago down the alley from us on 25th street, I don’t know if you are aware of that situation.
We found the owner of the dead cat in our yard because I reported the situation to Nan Jack’s vet office, Church Hill Animal Hospital I think is the name, and they made the connection. That office might be a good source of information for you in the future.
Should I have called the Police about the mauled cat in my yard? We did report to Animal control, however they were not helpful and just told us to dispose of the cat in the garbage. Thanks for your help!
Yesterday I had a conversation
with a member of the Church Hill Association who advised me not to write too many notes re the dogs who are killing cats in Church Hill. She suggested someone might label me a cat person, or some such thing.
After thinking about it I could not be more pleased to accept such a title, though I doubt it will come since there are so many cat lovers up here who feel as I.
Also, I feel I must disregard the member’s
advice since I was wakened at approximately 5:30 a.m.Thurday Morning by a big black dog who was just outside my door. When I opened the door, I saw at a seventy-five pound beautiful creature with pointed ears, a very healthy coat, and a tail which curled over it’s back.
I growled(yes we cat people can growl too)and it literally sailed over a 5 foot picket fence
as though there were springs in it’s hind legs.
That dog was not the abused pictue similar to the pit bull shown on the evening news on Channel 8. That dog lives in this neighborhood and has an owner who is too damned lazy to get out of bed and walk it at that early hour.
Still I did call 911 and ask them to patrol the area. I saw police cars here several times during the day.
Also, I will have a camera and other equipment to deal with our new interloper
who has no regard for other people’s property as his owner doesn’t.
If this note labels me as a dog hater, I remind those who knew me back in the seventies and eighties and ninties, I had a similiar dog
named Bete who loved cats. She and my other dogs would sometimes get out and go into the park without me.I caught the holy blue
black bloody blazes from my neighbors. That’s why I only have cats now.
To all you cat/dog owners in this wonderful neighborhood, please take care of your creatures. They depend on you.
Sincerely,
Lu Motley
This is
Last night, when returning home from walking my dogs on a leash, a cat lept at me from my own porch. It was not my cat. And I do not think it was my neighbors. When are we going to address the growing problem of cat attacks? If dogs can not run free, unmonitored, then neither should cats.
Last night our cat was killed by two dogs at about 5:00 AM. One dog was a white/cream color, the other was black, both were rather large dogs. We called Animal Control, but there’s not much they can do for us. We live at 608 N. 24th which is near the corner of 24th and Jefferson St. I hope this discussion thread can become more of a useful resource for tracking down these attacks, rather than the cat/dog dispute it appears to have become.
From http://www.myspace.com/church_hill: “Diana” writes: “For anyone who has a cat in Church hill-Please, please keep them in at night. Last night I woke up to two dogs fighting. When I looked closer I saw they actually had my cat, who they killed.
The dogs were large, one white and one dark. If you see any stray dogs running around, please call animal control.”
J (above) was this last night or did the posting say?
The attack was last night, the night of Jan. 15. The message was posted this morning.
It was last night around 5AM near the corner of 24th and Jefferson Ave.
More info from “Diana”:
“I live (on the 600 block of N. 24th Street) the land behind my house backs up to 4 yards and the tricycle garden. My cat didn’t ever go far from the yard, and the dogs were pulling him away from the house toward the alley (moving closer to 23rd St. It was dark and from my window I couldn’t get much detail of the dogs, so I couldn’t even tell if they had collars or not. The two dogs were medium hair, and the darker one looked like it was somewhat mangey. The white one looked fluffy, and like it might be someone’s pet. It all went down at 6am this morning.”
hi Mac
I appreciate your efforts regarding the loose animals. Was the dog that you secured the one that hung out outside the small house at 23rd and M and is now tied up in that resident’s back yard? I am quite concerned about the welfare of that animal. The woman who lives in the home leaves him tied up all the time in a spot behind the shed, even in the cold.
When I spoke with her on one occasion, prior to him being tied up, she said she fed the animal but that he was not her own, that’s why she left him on the street.
I then called animal control regarding him, but they never returned my call. I never witnessed him hurting anyone, but he was tentative and avoided contact when anyone approached him. She said that he had been abused by a neighbor sometime ago, so his behavior made sense.
I am very upset that he’s in the condition that he’s in currently. Who can I call? He sleeps and deficates and eats in the same 5 ft radius and he’s left in all weather conditions. That’s no way for any creature to live. I’m apprehensive to call animal control because I had no response in the past, and I certainly don’t want to see him euthanized.
Thanks in advance for your advice in this matter.
I’ll get in touch with Animal Control to take a look at that dog but that was not the one I was able to find the other day. There are very specific things that you have to do and cannot do to animals. I’m getting more information about the attacks and I will pass it on to Animal Control (I have friends there). I am also spending a lot of my “down” time in this area in an attempt to locate these animals and their owners. Please, everyone, keep posting your animal complaints here, call me at the precinct or email me (adamsbl@ci.richmond.va.us). Together, we can take care of this problem.
Sorry Mac
I meant 21st and M.
I tried to send Ms. Jody Jones a link to this discussion but her email address is not listed on the City employee directory. Ms. Jones has been very responsive to animal control issues in Union Hill. Her contact information is as follows:
Name: JODY JONES
Title: PROGRAM MANAGER – ANIMAL SHELTER
Phone Number: 646-5581
Location: 1600 CHAMBERLAYNE AVE.
21st St. That’s what I thought you meant but i didn’t want to miss anything. That was the one we got the other day.
thanks ann, i’ll call ms. jones today.
JUST KILL THE WILD DOGS! Enough talk –We need to sanction a hunting party armed with sharp sticks and two way radios to hunt down the wild dogs and kill them where they sleep. Better yet, we can tie a cat covered in pork fat to a stake in the middle of Libbie Park and hide in the bushes. It’s that simple. Back in the day, we would simply slip them a bitter pill, i.e. a strychnine hamburger. They’re wild dogs for God’s sake –and you treat them like they have feelings and rights. The city will take care of it? The city cannot even control the two legged population, much less the four legged. The best thing the city could do would be to list the zero bag limit on wild dogs and let us hunt them like they need to be hunted.
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Ummmm … Thag want meat! Him want to poke at animals, take home to cave.
Seriously dude, I understand your desire to fix the problem. I can’t even say that some part of me doesn’t disagree with you, but we also shouldn’t take matters into our own hands just because our government doesn’t do their job. Yea, I feel sorry for the owners who have lost pets. And I worry about attacks on people. But if these dogs were humans instead, and they were attacking other two legged creatures, we wouldn’t say “forget the cops” and hunt them down ourselves. We would force the police to do their job.
We have a great friend in Mac. Maybe we need an animal control friend as well. And we absolutely need to be LOUD and vocal to animal control until they perform their duties.
Just my $0.02. Your mileage may vary.
I know of 2 dogs at 2510 E. Marshall St that might possibly match the description of the black dog; either the dogs are escape artists or the owner let’s them out unsupervised. There is a two tone brown and white (or light brown if dirty) pitbull that resides at 2508 E. Marshall Street. All three of these dogs roam free pretty often. I hope this information is helpful.
Anyone know if it is legal to set out your own humane animal traps in richmond?
I think the incident two nights ago at 24th and Jefferson indicates that these dogs must be wild. The cat was killed and then dragged into the alley until the dogs were scared off. I get the feeling they were hungry. Gahhhh.
jh…when you reach Jody please suggest she log onto CHPN and follow this. Thanks.
Grrrr, did you have the conch in your hands when you typed your post? If not, you spoke out of turn and will recieve the same treatment Piggy Got.
Why dont we hunt the dogs down like we already do with troublemaking humans. Mob Justice is the best kind of justice after all.
Let’s try to keep on track. My cats were not killed for food. There was almost no blood, it appeared that they had been shaken. I have tried to be a loud voice to the city by calling and being on TV, for the most part the city has been unresponsive. I do not think they have the manpower to patrol constantly for these dogs. The killings have been widespread throughtout Union Hill and Church Hill. I think that we just have to keep watching and reporting where these dogs are living and making lots of noise to the city.We must not allow this forum to become a joke if we are to ever solve this problem.
I have an email from Lu, she lives at 28th and East Franklin. She had a stray that had taken up residence in her yard – behind a picket fence which is maybe 3-4 feet high. At 4:40 this morning she heard the stray crying and saw a black dog kill it just outside her bedroom. It was the black dog previously reported with curly tail, from what I gathered from her email. She did call animal control and also the police, she said three officers responded. Perhaps Mac the Cop could look into this? Meanwhile, everyone else needs to keep their cats inside, it appears these dogs are ranging pretty much all over the hill.
P.S. Sandy, I’m so sorry for your loss – I’ve been meaning to tell you that the few times I’ve seen you lately and keep forgetting, so please forgive my belated sympathy here. Also, I agree with your last posting.
“we also shouldn’t take matters into our own hands just because our government doesn’t do their job” you say? I certainly disagree with you on that point –In fact, it has always been my experience that not relying on city government is more or less a way of life here in Church Hill.
I do not sanctionion vigilatism, but do advocate protecting my life and those of my family and friends. A person in fear of a potentially attack should be prepared to act promptly to abate such threat and have no remorse whatsoever. This is called social responsibility. The fact is that these are dogs, not people. They have zero value. They are aggressive animals. They have already gone after a woman with an 11 month old baby. For these reasons, they need to be dealt with like we have dealt with nuisance animals for centuries.
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In response to GRRR (“The fact is that these are dogs, not people. They have zero value. They are aggressive animals.): When humans domesticated dogs, they became our responsibility. Animals who are mistreated, neglected become hostile and aggressive; they are conditioned. You can’t blame them for their wild behavior — their owner is at fault, and bad owners should be forbidden from keeping animals, as a hungry/ scared/ uncontrollable/unsocialized dog is a huge threat to the neighborhood it roams. These are two unlucky dogs among millions more like them. I feel sorry for them, and for everyone who has lost a dear pet because of them.
To anyone with small pets or children or who is just wary of running into these dogs: this might sound silly, but i carry an airhorn (like the marine/sporting event kind) when i walk my two small dogs because that crazy noise should be (fingers crossed) enough to startle an aggressive dog away, and it makes me feel a tiny bit safer than having nothing. As it is, i have hardly been walking my dogs lately at all for fear of running into this pair, and i really appreciate every update that is posted here. Keep your pets safe. [By the way, does anyone know if they have an owner? are both dogs owned by the same person/people? are they strays?]
I continue my hunt as I return to work on the morrow. Let’s hope I can find them. If anyone sees them, between 7am and 5pm, please call communications and have me call you. Thanks.
does anyone know if they have an owner? are both dogs owned by the same person/people? are they strays?
The curly-tailed black dog and the brownish pit were living around the alley behind our has (23rd/R) just before all of this started going down. They seemed completely stray at that point.
I saw them galloping across the moors this morning
Mac, If your friends at Animal Control need help locating and possibly restraining these dogs, I am willing to volunteer. I know that they (like most city resources) are short handed. Please feel free to give them my contact info.
I just saw the two dogs that I think match the descriptions that people have been providing:
- one white dog with some big light brown/tan spots
- one black and brown dog (the colors were sort of evenly mixed) with a curled tail
They were roaming around the intersection of 33rd and Clay.
I have contacted both Animal Control and the First Precinct to let them know.
I also noticed that both dogs were wearing collars. So they’re either runaways or someone isn’t being a very responsible dog owner.
In response to J’s question about using humane traps, I do know that many people use them to catch feral cats around here, and there are a couple of organizations that loan out traps. However, in those cases people trap the cats to have them neutered and vaccinated, then they’re usually returned to their territory unless they’re young enough to socialize and adopt. I wouldn’t advise trying to trap large, aggressive dogs that way. An eight-pound feral cat in a cage is a lot to handle. I wouldn’t want to try to wrestle an angry 50-pound caged dog into my truck for the trip to animal control.
I got no message from anyone about the dogs today. I’m working the weekend so please call 646-3602 and have the dispatcher get a message to me to call you. I’m unit 111. Or, if you see one of us driving around, flag the officer down and ask for me.
Dear editor,
Having lived here in Church Hill since 1976,I am amazed at how lightly some of your writers treat the loss of cats.Is there somehing in Richmond City water which destroys brain cells?Or perhaps some feel they shouldn’t show sensitivity.
Thankfully Mac the cop makes up for all of this.
Mary Blizzard
Dear editor,
Having lived here in Church Hill since 1976,I am amazed at how lightly some of your writers treat the loss of cats.Is there somehing in Richmond City water which destroys brain cells?Or perhaps some feel they shouldn’t any sensitivity.
Thankfully
Mac the cop makes up for all of this.
Mary Blizzard
Yes, the knuckleheads who own the dogs are wrong. ANd I want to see them publicly beaten. But, judging from the owners appearance, they are frequently beaten publicly.
I still think it is both hypocritical and foolish to let your cats run free and wild. Perhaps Church Hill has been immune to this, protected by a bubble of cat love for years, but cats running loose get killed. They get hit by cars and injured by other animals. This is a fact of life that applies everywhere else I have ever lived. Both rural and urban. So, if you love your pet, regardless of where it is or what it is, you should not let it roam freely.
No one wants to capture or find the owner of these dogs more than I. I need all the help I can get in locating the whereabouts of these animals. It seems that these dogs are owned by someone
because of the condition that they have been reported to be in. Every chance we get there is an officer in the area searching for any stray or unrestrained dogs. And when we get complaints we send an officer as soon as we can.
Unfortunately I don’t have an officer that I can assign there at 4 a.m. at this point in time.
I have plans to set a humane trap in the area as soon as the weather permits.
I am asking that you contact me as soon as possible with any updates that you have.
We will solve the problem.
Sgt Thompson, Field Supervisor, RAC&C, 646-5577
It’s nice to know that Richmond Animal Control is aware of what’s going on up here and is taking steps to help. Thanks for joining us. I bet working together we can get these dogs off the street!
I understand that having agressive dogs loose in a neighborhood is a problem, but since when is letting your domesticated cat roam free through the city considered responsible pet ownership?
It is apples & oranges here, cats don’t attack and kill dogs, other cats, or people. Too many pitbulls do just that.
I must absolutely disagree with the previous post. This is not a case of apples and oranges. There have been many documented cases of feral cats (which exist in quantity in Church Hill) that have attacked PEOPLE, DOGS, AND OTHER CATS! Go ahead and Google “Feral Cat Attacks”–you may be surprised.
What this is about is irresponsible animal owners. No domesticated animal should be allowed to roam freely around the neighborhood. If you have an animal, you should keep it contained on YOUR OWN PROPERTY! Newsflash folks…nobody wants your little darlings in their yard….What the heck is so hard to understand about that? Have some respect for the others who live around you–PLEASE.
AMen borthers…we should sharpen sticks and go after the owners of all pets that let them run wild.
I think John M is right to focus on the real issue here – confirmed vicious dogs roving the neighborhood mauling other animals are a serious threat to public safety. Animals, whether domestic or ferrel, are always going to do their business on other people’s property – it’s a fact of life and not worth getting upset over (In fact, humans often take that liberty in my yard). That sort of inconvenience is a different and less immediate issue than the blood-lust dogs presently at large.
A full 99% of the dog owners on Church Hill are responsible people who enjoy walking their dogs in the beauty of Libby Hill Park. It’s a perfect place to walk your dog and to meet good people.
Much of that is threatened because of a lack of communication between those in Richmond Animal Control who have no idea about Church Hill. More than two weeks ago they took in the wrong dog and rested on their laurels till they found out they’d made a mistake.
Now, 2 weeks after several cats have been killed by this vicious pair, the black dog with the curly tail which curves over it’s black back, plus it’s pit bull companion remain unchecked. Why? Because Animal Control feels it cannot put out a trap in inclement weather because the poor thing might freeze.
This leaves cat owners who must keep cats inside while the cat destroyers roam.
Also how must Joy Engstrom feel after being chased onto her porch with her baby in her arms by these two?
Why is the communication so bad that Animal Control tells us they will do what they can and continue to do nothing about the black dog which killed a cat right outside my window at 4:30 a.m. last Wednesday morning.
The Mayor’s office said a week ago it would give this problem top priority. I’ve received several phone calls to tell me why they can’t set a trap because the “I poor thing might stay there all night in the trap and freeze.” I quote Sgt. Thompson who promised to do all he could a week ago in this paper.
Meanwhile, all remains quiet while the “Hound of the Baskervilles” roams from the Jefferson area to Libby Hill Park killing any poor feline in their path or chasing young mothers with a baby into their house.
Where oh where is an Animal Control who will hear and deal with this problem?
Lu Motley
hey folks around 22nd and 23rd and jefferson- i spotted the grey sharpei mix running around on this side of the hill this morning. this area has a lot of cats running around, so please be cautious and keep your felines indoors. unfortunately, i wasn’t in a place to call about it and when i was, it was too late. i’ll keep a watch, though.
after reading all of the posts, it sounds as if you really want to do something about this dangerous dog issue. i’ve got a suggestion – please visit this link, read the 12 animal welfare bills and lend your support – all it takes is a phone call or an email to hold these negligent pet owners accountable.
the following bills will be voted on the week of 1/29/07:
rabies surcharge (HB2295 – Del. McClellan, which would raise funding for spay/neuter programs.
On Monday, 1/29/07, the Senate Ag Committee will hear SB930, the humane investigator bill (Sen. Ticer), and SB1345, the reporting of suspected dog fighting bill (Sen. Lambert).
The bills that failed in committee b/c of lack of public pressure:
Tethering (HB2098 – Del. Kenny Alexander – as we all know, tying a dog up & leaving it to live on the end of a chain in the backyrd creates unsocialized, crazy and potentially dangerous dogs!!! we had our chance and blew it on this one)
Humane Education (HJR567 – Del. Kenny Alexander)
Pet Dealer Permits (HB3195 Del. Clay Athey)
Please do your part and make a call or two to your representatives. Thank you!
Mary Anne, thanks for the heads-up on these two bills coming up for vote. Perhaps, hopefully, one day soon, the others will be presented again. When you know about these or any other like them before time to vote, please let us know via CHPN.
The killer dogs, who seem to have been either confined or operating elsewhere have returned. A cat was killed yesterday by the same two dogs
that have been described since the beginning. A brown and white pit bull and a black chow mix with a tail that curls over his back. Somebody must know where these dogs live. Please help. The police were called to this incident. This attack was reported in the ChurchHill yahoo digest.
I’ve started a new thread at the killing dogs are still around (Feb.11) && closed comments on this one.