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Old April 20th, 2011, 05:43 PM
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This is a really unfortunate incident. The majority of dog owners take the time to train their dog and keep it under control as needed. Then you get two owners in one week (in Ottawa) that take their dogs for granted, haven't trained their dogs and haven't kept them under control.

The real catastrophy here will be the outcome. The owners will get a slap on the wrist by the city, these 2 dogs will be back in public and others will be hurt. What is needed is huge increases in fines and punishments for irresponsible dog owners. If your dogs hurts someone or another dog, you get fined $1000s and are subject to criminal and civil actions.

The majority of dog owners will never feel these affects. The few irresponsible owners will pay dearly with large fines and court actions.

To the City of Ottawa, lets get with it and make the punishment fit the crime. Your dog bites someone, you car runs over someone...is there much difference?
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