Re: NOW dogs

Libby, thanks for your concern. As it stands, the city council meeting
to discuss this takes place next week. The hope, as I understand it, is
to allow wolf hybrids that HAVE NO BITE HISTORY the chance to be
grandfathered. This would cover the 2 dogs I've mentioned. That I know
of, there are 200 of these animals registered in Fort Wayne; no idea how
many are unregistered. I don't know how many of the 200 have bite
histories. I don't have an email address for the council at this time,
and I have my doubts that they'd consider outside interested parties.
There is a groundswell of interest though and my hopes are high that the
ban will be overturned.


Kitty
> Is there anything we can do?  Any emails we can send or other outside
> agencies we could bring into the fray?  This is criminal stupidity and needs
> to be stopped, at least to grandfather the lives of these two obviously
> beneficial animals.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Melody" <mhobertm@excite.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 1:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: What are you reading/cats NOW deer
> 
> 
> > My Yorkie is a bigger threat than my great big dogs ever have been...has
> > the killer instincts of a wild beast, that little guy does...he is the
> > real guard dog of our house. IMO, it is lack of socialization and proper
> > training combined with an individual dog's personal temperament that
> > should be looked at...any law that attempts to outlaw anything based
> > solely on one characteristic (i.e. a specific breed of dog) is
> > stupid...vicious dog laws aimed at behavior of individual animals make
> > much more sense. I hope those two gentlemen with their loving animals
> > are allowed to keep their pets, Kitty...keep us posted.
> >
> >
> >
> > Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
> >
> > "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."
> > --Albert Einstein
> >
> >  --- On Thu 12/04, Jesse Bell < jesserenebell@hotmail.com > wrote:
> > From: Jesse Bell [mailto: jesserenebell@hotmail.com]
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 08:43:49 -0600
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: What are you reading/cats NOW deer
> >
> > That's crazy. Then they need to outlaw about half the dog breeds out
> > there. <br> Cocker Spaniels are on the number one worst list for biting.
> > What about <br>pit bulls (my stepson has two that are gentle giants).
> > I've said it <br>before...and I'll say it again.....PEOPLE ARE
> > STUPID.<br><br><br><br><br><br>>From: "Kitty"
> > <kmrsy@comcast.net><br>>Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net<br>>To:
> > <gardenchat@hort.net><br>>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: What are you
> > reading/cats NOW deer<br>>Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 20:57:10 -0500<br>><br>>
> > > I wish more people would go out and save a wonderful<br>> >
> > creature<br>><br>>Another story to share. Our City Council passed new
> > laws concerning <br>>animals<br>>in the city limits. No home can have
> > more than 5 dogs or 7 cats ot 7 total<br>>combination. Then they
> > declared all exotic animals banned. This includes<br>>dogs that are any
> > part wolf.<br>><br>>A local 78 yr old man rescued a big white dog that
> > was being neglected. <br>>His<br>>wife had died and then his dog died
> > and he had no one until he rescued <br>>Lady.<br>>He's had her 4 yrs now
> > and the neighbor kids love her. The man takes her <br>>to<br>>nursing
> > homes for people to pet and for those who can, they take her
> > for<br>>walks around the parking lot. A couple of yrs ago when Lady got
> > her shots,<br>>the vet wrote down that she was half malmute, half wolf.
> > The city now<br>>insists that if he doesn't get rid of her by the end of
> > the week, she'll be<br>>put to sleep. He said they can just put him down
> > then too. Another <br>>elderly<br>>couple - the man on disability, the
> > woman w/ MS, have been told they have <br>>to<br>>lose their part wolf
> > pet too.<br>><br>>This has the town in an uproar. Petitions are being
> > signed, letters to the<br>>editor are being written (I've done both) Now
> > the Council has been forced<br>>to call an emergency session next week
> > to discuss it, but it doesn't look<br>>promising. Personally, I know
> > poodles that pose more threat than these 2<br>>dogs. Yes, some may pose
> > a problem, but this zero tolerance stuf
> >
> > f is just<br>>too rigid.<br>><br>>Kitty<br>><br>>----- Original Message
> > -----<br>>From: <Zemuly@aol.com><br>>To: <gardenchat@hort.net><br>>Sent:
> > Wednesday, December 03, 2003 7:21 PM<br>>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: What
> > are you reading/cats NOW deer<br>><br>><br>> > In a message dated
> > 12/3/2003 3:59:34 PM Central Standard Time,<br>> >
> > jesserenebell@hotmail.com writes:<br>> > I wish more people would go out
> > and save a wonderful<br>> > creature for Christmas. *sigh*<br>> > Me,
> > too! I have noticed a new presence who told me his name was Clyde
> > --<br>> > guess that means I'm up to 31. A while back I tried to get
> > people <br>>around<br>>here to<br>> > donate some dry food for them, but
> > only one person responded with a 7<br>>pound<br>> > bag. I use between
> > 50 and 75 pounds of dry food per week. I have to<br>>share an<br>> >
> > awesome experience my grandson and I had last Saturday. We arrived at
> > <br>>my<br>>house<br>> > around dusk and were just getting out of the
> > car when I hear a huge<br>>commotion<br>> > -- lots of running feet and
> > grunting. I looked up to see a tiny buck<br>>(looked<br>> > like an
> > 8-point) and about 8 tiny does running as fast as they could
> > <br>>into<br>>the<br>> > church yard across the street. One of the does
> > ran into the magnolia <br>>tree<br>> > there when she first saw us. They
> > all stopped and looked at us (we were<br>>only<br>> > about 25 feet away
> > from them), and, as if they recognized us, the does<br>>calmly<br>> >
> > began to graze while the buck slowly walked to the edge of the woods
> > <br>>where<br>>he<br>> > faded into invisibility. I'm sure they were
> > running from the literally<br>>hundreds<br>> > of hunters in the woods
> > just past the city limits. I am always shocked <br>>to<br>>see<br>> >
> > just how small the deer in this area really are. They way they
> > are<br>>described<br>> > under the kill shots in the paper ("Big Bad
> > Bucks") always makes them<br>>sound<br>> > huge.<br>> ><br>> > zem<br>>
> > > zone 7<br>> > West TN<br>> ><br>> >
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