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Very Frightening Walk This Morning!
zofoman:
--- Quote from: AWick on September 07, 2013, 03:11:46 PM ---On our way back we came around a corner and there was a 130lbs rottweiler on the loose growling and barking at us only about 20 yards away. We stopped dead in our tracks, lowered our eyes to try to not provoke the thing any more and crossed the street. The dog barked after us for awhile, but we managed to get out of its line of sight.
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So, did you report the loose/vicious animal situation to the police/animal control? Once the owner has been cited for letting an animal (such as that) run free, the chances for a repeat episode are lessened. It would otherwise appear to me that you could have a repeat situation on your hands again. Or someone else....which could be a child or elderly person that would not know how to handle a large snarling animal...their first instinct is to run and you know what happens next. My point being, it is not too late to report the incident...if anything to at least have it on record in case you/someone else crosses paths with the same animal.
CitizenClark:
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AWick:
I heard the owner call for the dog and made a note of which house it was. I plan on talking to them the next time I walk by there. I, too, think it is unfortunate that it seems that we can't have neighborly conversations without involving the police. Of course if this is a repeat occurrence I'll have to raise the issue to the next level.
I'll keep you updated on how the conversation goes if I get a chance.
rudy:
Minnesota has these kinds of situations figured out pretty well, in my opinion:
347.17 KILLING DOGS IN CERTAIN CASES.
Any person may kill any dog that the person knows is affected with the disease known as hydrophobia, or that may suddenly attack while the person is peacefully walking or riding and while being out of the enclosure of its owner or keeper, and may kill any dog found killing, wounding, or worrying any horses, cattle, sheep, lambs, or other domestic animals.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=347.17
Does Nebraska have any such law?
JTH:
--- Quote from: CitizenClark on September 08, 2013, 05:27:41 PM ---When I see cops in my neighborhood, I make sure they know that they aren't welcome. I don't appreciate the presence of roving gang members in their gang colors looking for trouble.
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I don't see cops as "roving gang members in their gang colors looking for trouble"---and as you are a lawyer who works with words, I'm pretty sure that the implication of illegal actions by invaders was deliberate.
I don't agree. Matter of fact, I strongly disagree with your attitude an opinion regarding the police. (I'll note that I agree with your statement that first, problem-solving should be done directly via conversation with the dog's owner, as long as the dog's owner doesn't start by saying he is going to sue you for OCing his dog. In that case, you need a police report.)
I am curious, however, how you "make sure they know that they aren't welcome." How precisely does that work? What do you do?
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