Dog bites : "too often, and we're getting too many people hurt."

Dog Attack Policy To Get More Bite


(I figured out who is the next 122 !! It's YOUR DOG!!!!!)

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY The Tampa Tribune

Published: Apr 2, 2007
Just like last week with the ridiculous sex offender laws (get your gold star here) which accrue to no more than job security for Control folks and harassment for men and blonde-haired women ... this proposed new 'law-ing' calls on your emotions to pass more useless rhetoric into law. IF you read in a discerning fashion you see that this is just MORE MONEY to be spent (hire more employees, increase fees, more education) Folks, dogs are dogs and people have body parts. Same thing will be going on next year. Where we gonna stash all these officers and programs ?? It's kinda easy to figure out where we'll stash the fees (grimaces all around) I've had family members bitten. It's ugly. Still, we didn't insist the person give up their dog or anything of the sort. We went to the hospital and cared for the wound and moved on.

This is also another excuse to have those assholes at your door. I've started a blog pertaining to this subject: how they're using a barking dog to enter your property illegally under the guise of 'seeing to the safety of the animal.' Or one of your asshole 'pseudo-neighbors'pretends the dog barks all day and calls them. Phfft. (in reality these people in Tampa and Hillsborough County are all blood-and/or-Masonic-related and use these methods to attempt to steal your property) In St Pete they took a woman's entire livelihood (raising birds) until she had bird experts testify on her behalf and STILL the animal control person --- (at least they don't bother trying to call it animal security HAHA) --- VOWED to take her birds away again because, of course, animal control knows better than DANG OLD BIRD EXPERTS !!! See here look for Lynn Andrews. This guy, prison for noisy animals. (look for dog)
Wonder what happened to his property while he was down for a dog barking. There are many others. The deputy went to the door in ST PETE and ENTERED this woman's home because her dog was barking. You go near my home --- my dogs go off TOO. That's their JOB. They are protecting the food queen (that's me) and the milk-bone gal (again, me) and hearth. If you stand there deciding how to pry my door open, my dog will NEVER stop barking. So, your ass needs to go away --- and then how will you know my dog is barking? You won't. Problem solved. We set up recorders way back to be sure what goes on while we're gone. My dogs are like angels until you come near my front door or yard. Solution? Stay in your own yard. Love everyone but stay in your own yard. Anyhooo -- it's just ridiculous that a deputy has the right to enter someone's house to check on a dog DOING IT'S JOB. It should be criminal and before George came along, it probably was. I'll be checking on that. I'm in the middle of so much stuff.
I used to like animal control folks. Then they killed my cat (Miss Daisy who was way more than a cat, she would take walks with me like a dog) in conjunction with the neighbors and those folks trying to swipe my homestead. (read city of tampa and their assorted gang friends)

TAMPA - The recent mauling of a 2-year-old Plant City boy by a family pit bull has prompted a review of county policies meant to protect the public from dog attacks.

Dog bites are on the rise in Hillsborough County, and after the boy's Feb. 28 mauling county commissioners asked Animal Services officials to find ways to reduce the number of bites.

After a month's work, (I love that part a MONTH'S WORK to come up with the same ol' schniz) officials are considering:

•A sharp increase in licensing fees for dog owners who don't spay or neuter

•Increasing the number of animal control officers

•A boost in educational and training programs for the public


Some of the possible changes could come up for discussion during Wednesday's county commission meeting, although Animal Services Director Bill Armstrong plans to ask for more time to refine the draft proposals.

Since 2003, about 6,700 people have reported bites; nearly 2,300 last year alone. Officials say only about half the people who are bitten report their injuries.

A list of 30 proposals developed by Armstrong's department will be reviewed by an advisory committee and the public before being considered by county commissioners for adoption.

Some ideas - including banning specific breeds such as pit bulls - are not being considered because they would require a change in state law.

In recent weeks, Armstrong has gotten an earful about some of the proposals.

More than 50 people attended an Animal Advisory Committee meeting last week at County Center. The Brandon Kennel Club held its monthly meeting there so members could participate.

Many took aim at an idea to raise the license fee on "intact" dogs - a term used for animals that haven't been spayed or neutered - from $30 to as much as $150.

Armstrong says county and nationwide statistics show that an intact dog is more likely to bite than one that has been fixed. Two-thirds of the bites reported in Hillsborough County since 2000 have involved intact dogs.

The prospect of dramatically raising fees on intact dogs has drawn the ire of breeders and show dog owners, who favor increased education and obedience programs.

"A $150 fee would be astronomical," said Shirl DeVore, who owns Chesagrove Kennels in Lithia. If enacted, the fees would force her and her husband to move their business out of Hillsborough County, she said.

She said she already spends about $5,500 a year to register her dogs and doesn't think she could pass the increased fees on to her customers.

Armstrong noted the $150 fee is just a possibility - the final cost for an intact permit could be lower. He said, however, it's important to pick a price that will encourage people to get their pets spayed and neutered.

Several dog owners advocated increased education programs as a way to reduce dog bites.

Pet photographer Tim Golden said the American Kennel Club is offering to provide educational materials to every fourth-grade class in Hillsborough County.

He said the county's current obedience training program - which costs between $2 and $4 per class - should be expanded. It is offered at only one site, in Brandon.

Golden said he thinks dog bites have less to do with whether an animal is intact and more with upbringing, training and care, echoing the view of many critics of the proposals being considered by Animal Services.

Armstrong supports increased education programs; eight of the proposals on a draft list involve education initiatives.

Other proposals include barring those convicted of violent acts or drug crimes from owning an intact dog, as well as creating a searchable database of where dog bites occurred.

Toward the end of last week's contentious two-hour meeting of the Animal Advisory Committee, board member Joni Stokes tried to balance the concerns of dog owners with the public safety needs.

"Think about the people who are getting bit," Stokes said. "We have to do something for them, too."

County Commissioner Kevin White, who called for the current look into dog bites, said he's willing to give Animal Services more time to fashion its recommendations, but he wants changes made quickly.
Dog bites, he said, are happening "too often, and we're getting too many people hurt."


Mwaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh


by the way i'm not a pit owner out for .... whatever people battle each other over, in that area... I just have mutt-lies that found their way into heart home. And a dog I'm keeping for a family member. Awesome animals each in their own right. Dogs are individuals just like the people who own them. Lemons and lemonade among all.

People should be able to have pets without some badge kicking their door down and without assholes being able to make trouble because they are rico-related to the entire city/county employee tree.

Oh and on to the big show-down. More on this another day ..... (the cliffhanger effect)