Re: 2 Rottweilers raided my chicken coop

From: Allen (spam_at_swnews.net)
Date: 01/01/05 

Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2005 12:26:53 -0800

maxh wrote:

>
> "ex WGS Hamm" <alpha.bitchREMOVETHIS@virgin.net> wrote in message
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>> "maxh" <maxh@thegrid.net> wrote in message
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>> > My locked chicken coop was broken into by 2 Rottweiler dogs, that seem
> to
>> > roam lose in my neighborhood.
>> > I saw them running from the coop.
>> > When I checked, I found out, that
>> > they killed 9 chickens, and 2 turkeys.
>> > All I have left now, is the rooster.
>> > If I encounter the Rottweilers again, trying to get into the coop, what
>> > would you folks suggest I do to them?
>> > Shoot them or what?
>> >
>> >
>> Call animal control. Find the owner and make him pay for the birds killed
>> and tell him you will shoot his dogs if they come onto your property
> again.
>> Take all the legal steps you can against the owner beore taking drastic
>> action. After all it isn't the fault of the dogs but the arsehole of an
>> owner.
>
> No use calling animal control, since I live in a very rural area, where
> there is no animal control.

Nonsense. Stop playing the victim and call them at
Environmental Health Services Department
 Animal Control Services Division
Mojave Area (661) 824-4464
Mojave Animal Shelter
923 Poole Street, Mojave Airport, Mojave 93501
 (661) 824-1030

Kern County Law:
http://www.co.kern.ca.us/ACD/7.08S&U9-19.asp

Here's just one example law...
7.08.150 Dogs at large prohibited - - Confinement.

A. It is unlawful for the owner of any dog to allow it to be on the private
property of another person or on public property without the consent of the
person owning, occupying or controlling the property. Animals on the property
of another person with the consent of the person in charge of the property
shall be under such restraint as is necessary to protect persons and other
animals from injury and to protect the property from damage. In particular,
dogs shall be restrained by a leash not longer than six (6) feet in length and
under the immediate control of the handler or confined within an enclosed pen
when on public property, unless the officer in charge of the property has
consented to the owner exercising another form of restraint.

> Trying to find out who owns the dogs is impossible, since everyone around
> here lives on 5 acres or more.
> The dogs just disappeared into the desert landscape.
> Therefore there are no legal steps I can take to recoup my loss.

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