\'C kept fdi 72 Imiii.'.. Tlilr. owner's pui" wrro I'll led llic r.<i'iif> d.nv Lliov were lakon in, 

 I'"' 1 '1 ll>i"^ rnunty tlint w.t; 'jo nnylrni^; in r-nfnirr i o('ii 1 .n I i nnr, to tiip letter tlmt it 

 Ve|U n v.Tco 1 n.Ti cd dnf to lie fvire It didn't Imve rnb'ep nnd forced a dop that the warden 

 liinr.fir adinlllcil w.i' net at all vlrlnir. onl nf lis dwnev'c: li,i|i,f, jTovlded no hearinp, 

 in I "ci"!'.!! i t i nil (if ii,p owiici'-. iij'lit', and I a i 1 cd In p losccul e ni luinlr.li llie waiden for 

 iiavlnc. vin]al<-d the 7? limit Imldinj'. law., r.r al Ica-.t a.'; far a-; we know tliey didn't. 



Ill (act, if tlieic lia'; evct lieen a iiro'.ecn! inn under tlial law we <io ncit know of it. 

 Cwiier.-; wlin liave l.eeti vicljin-. nf Micli violation'. Ii.ive Irjed to luinp. pidilic awa i en("-.<i to 

 I'car on it, Imi even wlien tlieir .■.loric;; liave lieen piinted on the front pap.es of iiewpapers, 

 nothinj', r.eemr; to liave heen done. In any ease, the vlolationn continue. 



I outid offirlalr. liave nr^fiuiiied !;ucli awc-.nnie power that wc believe it imperative for 

 them to he under the Animal Uclfaie Act. 



llie trapping, of pets seems lo he widespread, and .•.ometlmes not only trajis are 

 involved. In one rase nnlmal control peir;nmu'l actually i enuived someone's pet f i om 

 Ills p.nrked car and took It lo the !:licltei. When I lie Nelwoik filed a complaint, it 

 was r.iven two different .stories as to why the doc, waf; picked up — one of them bclnp, 

 ttiat the dof, was cliaslnj"^ children down the street. This doj^, was said to have heen 

 worth some money, nnd tlie owner never .saw it aj'.aln despite its having had on its 

 collar nnd tnp.s. 



Recently a woman found her trailer jiark mniiap.er halting and sotting n trap under 

 hr^v trailer. .'^hc asked iiim what he was doing and whellier he had seen her missing cat. 

 lie said he had caught It right there tlie rlay before., and it had been taken to tlie 

 shelter. Siie called tlic shelter and was told her cat had been killed because it was 

 wild. It was said to he wild because it hissed at the animal control officer, objected 

 to being put in a cage with another cat, and had some sores on its head and neck. This 

 woman's pet was killed in less than 2', hours, witliout notification to licr, and despite 

 the fact tliat it had been trapped under iis own home. 



It seems lo us that if the f.tate if. going to give anim.il control personnel tlie 

 ric.ht to trap pe(-plos' pet;;, then it has a responsibility to pr.ividc measures for the 

 rrotection of those pets an<l see to il that funding Is provided for enforcement too. 



If pounds ar( iuoui'ht under tlic Animal Welfare Act, certain legal confusions that 

 now exist may he cleared up. If, for instance ( as liappened in the above case as well 

 as otliers) a i>et is picked uf. by officers operating under one law and delivered to a 

 siieltcr operating under another — as. hajipens v.iKn a city or county establishes animal 

 control under C . f, . f, 7 hut lias a contract with a Humane Society shelter operating under 

 f..r,. 19 for that shelte, to han.ile Us animals -- then who is responsible for the 

 .'■•.■ilety of ih.it pet' City olfielals have iul<l the U.^twork that I he L r responsibility 

 sto'.s at the she! ter door. 



Thete are many danger-, lurking In hnih 'heliet.'. and pounds for often unsuspecting 

 owners an.l t l,e i r pe,s I,, ).,g), , |,n w,.,d "humane" was removed f i om regulations regarding 



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