Re: [OT] dog , was: Re: Reading a file into a "sequence"
On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 18:17:00 -0800, Ferlin Scarborough
<guest at rapideuphoria.com> wrote:
> I understand what you mean about the legal code in Alabama, being a resident
> there myself, I recently had it out with a neighbor over a dog he had running
> loose in the neighborhood. I told him that if he did not do something about
> it I would call the police. Finally I did and they informed me that the only
> thing they could do was "ASK" him to tie the dog up, there was a leash law
> in our city, but it wasn't really being enforced.
>
> Finally, one day the dog attacked my grand-daughter, and I had to stone it
> out of my yard. When I called my lawyer he said that he did not feel that
> we had much of a case, since the grand-daughter was not seriously injured.
>
> The lawyer called the owner of the dog, and the owner finally removed the dog
> from the neighborhoos and sent it to a relatives, but that was all that came
> out of it, my lawyer said the owner could counter-sue for injuries I caused
> the dog by stoning it. Imagine that?
>
> Good Luck with it, I hope it comes out in your favor.
Yikes! In Australia, any dog that attacks a person is destroyed.
I think you all should seriously start harassing local politicians
about this issue, hopefully some of them will see sense and lobby to
change the laws. "Just think of the children"
--
MrTrick
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