Oh oh oh oh that is just plain awful!!!
Our county has a leash-law, a pretty strict one - but in the next county over there is NO leash law.
I write for the newspaper and we get people calling in complaints about Carter county's lack of leash law. They say dogs just roam the treets and can attack pets or other people, etc.
When these people call the police in Carter County...the police have no jurisdiction unless a human being is hurt in the process so when people complain about their dog being attacked by a neighbor's free-roaming mongrel...the cops tell the person to get in their car and run over the dog b/c that could be filed as an "accident."
Can you believe that the police say that instead of just the city working to put down a leash law? Gosh. I'm so glad I live in Washington county instead of Carter, for many reasons, but especially for that. |