Louisville, KY shows yet another reason why people should care any time an animal ordinance is brought up in their city. Many dog owners figure that it doesn't affect them because they're only talking about "pit bulls" and thus won't affect them...next thing you know, something weird is on the table and you are affected.
We saw this in Lee's Summit earlier this year when their talk of a potential pit bull ban moved to talk of maybe spaying and neutering all dogs that weigh over 30 lbs.
Louisville, who passed possibly the worst dog ordinance ever, included all kinds of stupid stuff that included people having to relicense dogs that were removed from the city for more than 3 days (which also included an updated rabies shot each time) and crazy restrictions on kenneling dogs.
In response to the ordiance, nearly 200 dog owners showed up at a town hall meeting to give the mayor the what-for on the ordinance.
It's a dumb ordinance, but shame on many of these people for not complaining more before it was passed.
the AR fanatics want to outlaw all animal husbandry, including pet ownership. Ridiculously complex regulations, mandatory spay/neuter, breed bans, etc, all strengthen their agenda.
Louisville, like PAWS, is classic AR thinking.
Posted by: Caveat | January 18, 2007 at 11:00 AM