Thursday, April 13, 2006

Don't shoot the dogs. Don't blame the judge. Lets, just knock the owner upside the head.

Big public interest story on the news, here in Utah. A woman in Herriman went to jail yesterday for keeping too many dogs. It seems that she was cited for having 7 dogs in the past and was given a warning to get rid of the extras. The rule is only two dogs per household unless you get a kennel permit. And she didn't get rid of the extra dogs. I understand that she is fostering these dogs and does this a lot. She just didn't find homes for them in the time allotted.

Okay, I love dogs, too. But if you want to have too many, pop for the kennel license. How hard is that. You pay, they inspect. It is that easy. Herriman even has a special designation for people fostering dogs. That seems like the easiest solution to me, it has to cheaper than 180 days in jail that she was sentenced to.

And now for the judge, his 'easiest solution' was for her to, "just shoot the dogs" before the court's deadline. Come on judge, that was not only thoughtless it was heartless. Your telling me, the judge doesn't know about kennel license, either?

Maybe they should forget about licensing the dogs in Herriman, require tags on all the idiots. Think of all the revenue it would generate.

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