CALIFORNIA -- Orange County is weighing whether to create an online map pinpointing dangerous dogs in more than a dozen cities.
The Board of Supervisors is expected to vote on the issue on Dec. 17.
The Orange County Register reports the proposed website would allow residents to see where dogs have been cited in 17 cities.
Orange County Animal Care Director Ryan Drabek tells the newspaper that animal control officers investigate after a dog attack, talk to witnesses and check past records.
The “dangerous” label would be given to dogs that bite or almost bite a person or animal, without provocation at least twice in three years.
The animals would be listed on a website similar to the Megan’s Law database for registered sex offenders.
A “vicious” label would be given to dogs that kill or seriously injure a person or animal, the Register reported.
In 2012, supervisors approved an ordinance making it more difficult for owners of vicious dogs to obtain another canine.
Some people think the county should have behavior training for dogs instead of shaming them online.
[Boo. Hoo. If you have an aggressive dog which has attacked or menaced someone (or their pet), it is your choice to keep that dog. Or get rid of it. You decide to keep it; shouldn't everyone in your neighborhood know that this dog is living amongst them? Why don't they have rights? I want to know if there is a vicious dog - now on court-ordered restrictions - living down the street from me.
I'd be interested to know if the same people who complain about this map also think the sex offender maps are unfair. ]
(KSWT - Nov 3, 2013)
This is good stuff FLFE! Especially after reading on this blog of the carnage suffered by attacks of aggressive breeds dogs!
ReplyDeleteThis idea ties to how a lot of cities and counties already track crime and sex offenders. So adding dangerous dogs (another community hazard) makes a lot of sense! Too bad we can't require exotic animal permits on certain breeds (similar if you kept a big cat) to further protect the public.