How many owners have an animal or animals that kill or mame more than once ? Show me an instance of violent crime, abuse or neglect that has been reduced by fines.[/QUOTE]
There are dogs around that have bitten more than once. (Bandit @ THS comes to mind first.) There are dogs that are clearly a danger, & have been for some time before the actual bite, or mauling occurs.
The woman with the 2 PitAkita pups that mauled the newspaper delivery girl were on muzzle order from the city becuase of previous attack on a neighbours' dog. For some reason, the owner tried to muzzle them outside the house when they attacked the young girl.(Order in place, but not followed by the owner.)
The 2 dogs that attacked the East Indian gentleman on his way home from work had been at large for Days, according to the neighbours in news reports.
They had called both animal control & the police, but perhaps the dogs were not found by either? (-So much for ability to enforce the laws we have. Do we want to try a dozen more?)
The woman with the Neo mastiff kennel, where the grandaughter was mauled by a F. Neo. Mastiff with pups was an illegal kennel. Zoning by-laws.
So nobody noticed this? At first the child's mother defended her mom's kennel & practices. Later, she decided she was wrong. (Law in place, no enforcement again.)
Th recent attack by 2 Staffy guard dogs on teenager mowing the lawn...Why do you need 2 trained guard dogs? Doesn't some barking by a couple of formidable dogs at the window deter most criminals? If you are gonna have guard dogs, shouldn't you do a check on your yard Before you let them out? Making sure the gates are shut, & fences secure? Esp. if you have somebody doing yard work for you? The neighbour's cat probably can't read. If you are going to have dogs like these, you need to be extra careful. (No law in place, but perhaps there should be on guard dogs?)
Fines often do not change behavours of neglect & abuse. (Ie:The Miseners, working on their 3rd. charge of puppy milling.) After the 2nd charge, why didn't these people go to jail? If I remember correctly thay had already been ordered not to have.......? animals ...in some capacity.
I can't remember exactly what number of dogs if any they were allowed to have if any-??, but it wasn't anything like the number of dogs they were found to have on the second charge. So, no pets for life & jail time. But again, does the OSPCA have time & money to trail around after re-located people, searching for dogs hidden in the bush?
(Once again we can't afford to enforce the laws we have. So give us more laws we can't enforce.)
