http://www.chicobandido.com/2009/09/maddie-carter-capone-home/ Dogs, politics, media, and more Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:37:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.chicobandido.com/2009/09/maddie-carter-capone-home/comment-page-1/#comment-6271 Jeanne Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:54:30 +0000 http://www.chicobandido.com/2009/09/maddie-carter-capone-home/#comment-6271 While it is terrific news that this is finally resolved, what remains is that the one Animal Control Officer that is continually harrassing and taking dogs from their owners with threats of reprisal and huge cost if they try to fight the situation, is still employed. Everyone in City Hall and at the HS is aware that this person seems to have a personal agenda when it comes to picking up and detaning dogs that in some small way resemble Staffies. Sad to say she still has her job and has promised to make the lives of these owners miserable in future. A set of guidelines needs to be proposed, and followed including the City arranging for their own "experts" and accepting the opinion of owners experts.....The City of Sarnia refused to accept the owners vets opinions, and those of their breed expert, it was only after their own hired "expert" considered the detention of these dogs as laughable that the City finally gave up hopes of killing them. BUT what about the hundreds of dogs already murdered, including whole litters of puppies and their parents. Sarnia is creating and enforcing their own laws as they go along. Mayor Bradley said that his ACO's are trained to spot Staffies etc, what exactly is that training, what does it consist of, and where did they go for it. So many questions remain unanswered in this ongoing saga. While it is terrific news that this is finally resolved, what remains is that the one Animal Control Officer that is
continually harrassing and taking dogs from their owners with threats of reprisal and huge cost if they try to fight the situation, is still employed. Everyone in City
Hall and at the HS is aware that this person seems to have a personal agenda when it comes to picking up and detaning dogs that in some small way resemble Staffies. Sad to say she still has her job and has promised to make the lives of these owners miserable in future.
A set of guidelines needs to be proposed, and followed including the City arranging for their own “experts” and accepting the opinion of owners experts…..The City of Sarnia refused to accept the owners vets opinions, and those of their breed expert, it was only after their own hired “expert” considered the detention of these dogs as laughable that the City finally gave up hopes of killing them. BUT what about the hundreds of dogs already murdered, including whole litters of puppies and their parents. Sarnia is creating and enforcing their own laws as they go along. Mayor Bradley said that his ACO’s are trained to spot Staffies etc, what exactly is that training, what does it consist of, and where did they go for it.
So many questions remain unanswered in this ongoing saga.

]]> http://www.chicobandido.com/2009/09/maddie-carter-capone-home/comment-page-1/#comment-6268 chicobandido.com » The story of Maddie, Carter, and Capone Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:52:36 +0000 http://www.chicobandido.com/2009/09/maddie-carter-capone-home/#comment-6268 [...] UPDATE Sept 21 2009: All three dogs have been determined to not be “pit bulls” and have been released to their owners.  See my update here. [...] [...] UPDATE Sept 21 2009: All three dogs have been determined to not be “pit bulls” and have been released to their owners.  See my update here. [...]

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